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Crossword clues for that said...

AnswerClue
SAIDPort ___ (Suez Canal terminus)
SAIDGreat port on Suez Canal.
SAIDReputed (to)
SAIDWord near Suez on an Egyptian map
SAIDPort ___, north terminal, Suez Canal.
SAIDPort ___, Egypt.
SAIDGave utterance to
SAIDAverred
SAIDBlurted out
SAIDStated out loud
SAIDRight ___ Fred ("I'm Too Sexy" group)
SAIDMade a statement
SAIDExpressed aloud
SAIDDeclaimed.
SAIDCommon word in dialogue passages
SAIDIndicated
SAIDPut out there
SAIDYou ___ a mouthful
SAIDEmulated Simon?
SAIDAsserted
SAIDBecause I ___ so!
SAIDPort of Egypt
SAIDVerb in much written dialogue
SAIDAnnounced
SAIDCommon word in a novel's dialogue
SAID__ no one ever
SAIDPort __, Egypt
SAIDEgypt's Port __
SAIDBecause I __ so!
SAIDReputed
SAIDClaimed
SAIDDelivered aloud
SAIDPiped up
SAIDMentioned
SAIDNot implied
SAIDWord repeated when recounting an argument
SAIDArticulated
SAIDSpoke
SAIDSpoken
SAIDRemarked
SAIDGave voice to
SAIDStated
SAIDExpressed
SAIDMade like Simon?
SAIDThrew out there
SAIDWhen all is done...
SAIDMaintained
SAIDAbove-named
SAIDNot tacit
SAIDPort ___, city of Lower Egypt.