Possible Clues:

• For example, to hit the nail on the nose?
• Grammar slip that's not rocket surgery
• Incongruous combination of descriptive figures of speech
• Combined team played for vocal expression
• Answer to each of the six starred clues, literally
• Mother, pa?
• 'A rolling stone is worth two in the bush', for example
• Incompatible figure of speech
• Homer apt to display this linguistic solecism?
• 'You can put all your eggs in one basket, but you can't make them drink,' e.g