| SHORTHANDED | In brief, given to being low on staff |
| TRANSITORY | Brief given to Conservative after trains crash (10) |
| HIRAM | He's said to take on staff (5) |
| MOORED | Tied up, being low on wine (6) |
| NAMER | One provides handle that's turned on staff (5) |
| MUSIC | Spy university thus making notes on staff (5) |
| DOWNCAST | Sad at being low on the list of performers? (8) |
| STICK | Remain on staff (5) |
| OPENHANDED | To start with, was given to being generous (4-6) |
| HIGHHANDED | Drunk given to being overbearing (4-6) |
| PUTINPOSSESSION | Given to being long-winded (3,2,10) |
| BOWLINGALLEYS | Indoor sports venues being low, Sally works out (7,6) |
| LETHARGIC | Teach girl badly, being low in vitality |
| DINGLE | Finally feed fire in hearth, wood being low |
| MOPED | Sulked because of the bike being low powered? (5) |
| ADAGIO | Being low, Joe gets nothing going after Ada (6) |
| LOBES | ... parts of which being low, best left incomplete (5) |
| NEAP | Being low, in a sense, you need a piece of pineapple (4) |
| IGNOBLE | Being low, unfinished, poor, unworthy (7) |
| FLAT | Blubber about pound sterling being low |
