| REPRESENTATIVES | Agents to speak on behalf of academy to Taliban initially to get half the archives (15) |
| REPRESENT | Offer again to speak on behalf of (9) |
| SPOKESPERSON | One authorised to speak on behalf of an organisation (12) |
| EARNED | Brought in local to make bread to get half the start-up funds (6) |
| MEDIATE | Misguidedly aimed to get half the team to act as referee (7) |
| TOSS | Bother to get half the fuel on a steamer (4) |
| SURE | Certain to get half the hoard (4) |
| SAMPLES | Tries to get half the people into a coherent mass (7) |
| RECAST | Get someone else to play record from academy to first two out of the Stones (6) |
| VETO | Way to get half of the characters to come forward and protest (4) |
| ASITWERE | Academy to pose half the solution to English, in a way (2,2,4) |
| PIECEOFADVICE | If I were you I'd start with the peas, so to speak, on the side (5,2,6) |
| ERASE | Back in the archives a record to get rid of (5) |
| MUSSEL | Have to get half of takeaway over from the fish counter (6) |
| AFTER | Trying to get half a loaf with a bit of butter on |
| PROPHET | One speaks on behalf of God for money reportedly |
| ASSEEN | In the past, way of selling academy to Essen bizarrely (2,4) |
| RATRACE | Royal Academy to copy the frantic pace of city life (3-4) |
| SOUPSPOONS | Pittance provided initially to get spies back can be laid on the table (4,6) |
| TRACTOR | The cast member is after tax relief initially, to get the vehicle (7) |
