Crossword Clue:

to utter platitudes

AnswerCrossword Clue
DARESAYVenture to utter
SAYSTUtter, to Shakespeare
TOASTUtter, "Here's to..."
SANKBrought to utter ruin
SPITONShow utter disrespect to
TOTALUtter "child" to the Italian (5)
JOHNSTEINBECKHe wrote "In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable"