Possible Clues:

• Wears tie loose? In a way
• You could say we admitted to sick satire
• Following a rest, setter and colleagues take note, after a fashion
• In a way
• So to speak Italian in response, knight wanted guide's backing
• Sort of!
• Three words for "in a manner of speaking"
• Weariest sorts, so to speak
• In a way, one meets rest in a place which is without hotel
• "In a manner of speaking" (3 words)