| DEBRIEFED | Questioned after mission to be brief indeed! (9) |
| DEBRIEF | Interview after mission (to gather information) |
| IMITATIVE | I am, to be brief, Italian, with musical comeback formed after a model (9) |
| PRESENTER | Compere with urge to be brief, introducing record (9) |
| CONDENSED | Second den redeveloped, to be brief (9) |
| SOLICITOR | One's employment could be brief? (9) |
| SHORTSTAY | Sojourn could be brief, don't go. (5,4) |
| PITHY | To be brief, to drop the H would be a shame (5) |
| PASSIVE | To get by, I have to be brief and unassertive (7) |
| INANUTSHELL | Frantic hunt in sale to acquire latest in apparel to be brief (2,1,8) |
| SHORTANDSWEET | Four foot eleven and with Candy, to be brief (5,3,5) |
| INACTIVE | Still, I can't wander; I have to be brief (8) |
| WBA | Needing to be brief, Premiership players ring supervisors |
| TAKESILK | Suffers with kidney, to be brief |
| ALWAYS | Invariably as well to be brief describing fashion |
| INSHORT | At home, order constrains husband to be brief |
| ATTORNEY | A jousting contest said to be brief? |
| EXTOL | Acclaim European vote, instructed to be brief |
| CALLEDTOTHEBAR | Christened infant (boy), but invited to be brief |
| COMPACT | An agreement, to be brief (7) |
