| FIREBALL | A bolide might be brief with everything that comes after (8) |
| CASE | One might be brief |
| THELOT | Everything that comes under the one? |
| PARTYWALL | Social event, with everything that may be shared between neighbours |
| WELLAPPOINTED | Bore given job with everything that may be desired |
| DRILLRIG | Doctor, I'll be brief with girl returning for industrial apparatus (5,3) |
| UNNERVED | Rattled Arsenal player, initially dropped, very brief with newsman (8) |
| TRUCKING | American working on roads brought up brief with leader (8) |
| ACQUIRED | ____ taste, a liking for something that comes after some experience (8) |
| SHOULDER | Word that comes after cold and before blade (8) |
| ADVOCATE | Support briefs with the rear end cut out |
| PLEDGE | Promise by president to be brief with accounts (6) |
| INACTIVE | Still, I can't wander; I have to be brief (8) |
| ATTORNEY | A jousting contest said to be brief? |
| CONDENSE | To be brief, get the homes into shape (8) |
| CREATIVE | While fools react, I have to be brief and original! (8) |
| DOSSIERS | They'll be brief, sir, about the prescribed amounts! (8) |
| TAKESILK | Suffers with kidney, to be brief |
| METEOR | From "lofty", a word originally for any atmospheric phenomenon, later a bolide, fireball or shooting star (6) |
| PROCESSIONAL | Hymn with a line that comes after parade (12) |
