| RUDGE | In short, the governmental head named Barnaby (5) |
| ALLAN | ___ screw, one with a hexagonal recess in the head, named after its U.S. patentee (5) |
| ALLEN | ____ screw, one with a hexagonal recess in the head, named after its U.S. patentee (5) |
| PRESIDENT | The P in the governmental acronym POTUS (9) |
| COURT | In short, the ball is within the playing area (5) |
| SEMIS | In short, the rounds before the finals, or non-detached houses (5) |
| EQUAL | In short, the quality of being the same |
| NALGO | In short, the National and Local Government Officer's Association (5) |
| DELHI | In short, the capital of India (5) |
| LIONS | In short, the home nations' rugby union side ( (5) |
| PROMS | In short, the concerts founded by Sir Henry Wood (5) |
| LISZT | Composer of the piano piece played in the "Tom and Jerry" short "The Cat Concerto" |
| FIRTH | In favour of cutting short the waterway (5) |
| ELDEST | First in line? Last in line? First in line? In short, the end of the line (6) |
| THORN | Something with some point, though short, the senior service (5) |
| BUDGE | Move to cut short the Chancellor's proposals (5) |
| SHIFT | Keep short the work period (5) |
| THROW | Shy, cut short the argument |
| AMMO | In short, the rounds are held up by the commandant (4) |
| CPRE | In short, the countryside charity - appearing in BBC presentation (4) |
