| LETTER | For example, a fragment of secret telephone turns-up (6) |
| TAP | Secret telephone intercept (3) |
| SNATCH | A swift act or thing, such as a hasty grab or catch; a kidnapping or theft; a quick bite to eat; a brief spell of exertion, sleep, time etc; a fragment of a song or a talk; or, a quibble (6) |
| AGHAST | Horrified to find a fragment of skull in cremation area (6) |
| SHORED | Held up a fragment with a hole through (6) |
| SCRIP | Old word for a pilgrim's pouch, a satchel or a small bag; a writing; a fragment of paper; or, a certificate entitling its holder to dividends or shares allocated in a bonus issue (5) |
| TRAGIC | Calamitous having nervous spasm about a fragment |
| SEED | Unit of botanical life such as an acorn, bean, conker, kernel, key, nut, pea, pip or stone; a fragment of coral; a bubble in glass; or, a small crystal from which a larger one is grown (4) |
| CRUMB | A mixture of cocoa liquor, milk and sugar to make chocolate; a fragment of biscuit, bread or cake; or, the soft inner part of a loaf (5) |
| SPAR | Practise fighting for a fragment of crystal (4) |
| ONLY | No more than a fragment of a John Lennon lyric (4) |
| ANON | Presently, a fragment of Ottoman ontology (4) |
| ZINC | A fragment of quartz in cuprous metal |
| HALO | Agatha lost a fragment of saint's ring (4) |
| ECHO | Repeat a fragment of the chorus (4) |
| GORY | Savage hoists a fragment of Jolly Roger (4) |
| RAP | Hit with a fragment of shrapnel (3) |
| ITEM | A fragment of quite modest article (4) |
| CHIP | A fragment of wood or other material (4) |
| HABITAT | Panama retained a fragment of the natural environment (7) |
