| INSUM | Selecting odd bits from 7, I should replace the first, to put it briefly |
| USA | Nation which was the first to put a man on the moon (1,1,1) |
| HEAT | Michael Mann movie, the first to put Pacino and De Niro together on screen (4) |
| ADVOCATED | Backed bill, left with nothing to replace the first article (9) |
| GREENWICHMERIDIAN | Zero longitude ("Prime" can replace the first word in phrase) |
| OSTERIA | 7 I ate outside simple Italian restaurant (7) |
| IMPERIAL | August 7 I rip up (8) |
| EASIER | It's less complicated if I should replace model during the feast (6) |
| INANUTSHELL | The position of the kernel, to put it briefly (2,1,8) |
| EPITOMISE | To put it briefly, record it with some I arranged (9) |
| CONDENSE | To put it briefly, the shape the homes are in |
| LASTLY | Odd bits from my flat usually wheeled out in the end |
| CODPIECE | Fish pie and odd bits from chef - something extra for the man? |
| CANOE | Is able to remove odd bits from model boat (5) |
| SUMUP | To put it briefly, make the total higher (3,2) |
| INSHORT | Locked horns in it, to put it briefly (2,5) |
| EDITORSHIP | Senior role in priesthood (I should replace one old, doddery) (10) |
| TWIDDLE | Nonsense - I should replace article - here's a minor adjustment |
| IMAGINE | First to put silver in shaft and take it (7) |
| TEAR | Drop odd bits from the fair |