Related Clues:

• Step separator
• Make a deal with the feds, say
• Vertical pipe
• Hypothesize
• 'I just had an idea!'
• Right to speak
• Wax philosophic
• It can lead to heightened expectations?
• In a manner of speaking
• Verbalize
• "Bark, Spot!"
• Staircase part
• Think aloud
• Speak one's mind
• By the way