| PARAS | Commissar apparently returned briefly to the flying infantry (5) |
| COPRA | Caught going to The Flying Dutchman without sweetheart from coconut plantation (5) |
| PANAMA | Headgear belonging to cameraman apparently returned (6) |
| MOTTO | Abbot Tom returned briefly to see a coat of arms phrase (5) |
| ISRAELI | Foreigner, I discover, returned briefly to island |
| SOHO | Co-host returned briefly to a trendy London district (4) |
| DASHED | Moved with haste to take district attorney briefly to the shed (6) |
| INN | Dennis will have to come back briefly to the tavern (3) |
| TERSELY | Very briefly, to the point of rudeness |
| NOBLES | In upturn, short sell German city briefly to The Junkers (6) |
| TARMAC | Sailor returned briefly, perhaps, to surface |
| VITRIOL | Love returned briefly, having sex; rift ensues halfway, leading to bitterness (7) |
| KRYLENKO | The Soviet People's Commissar for Justice, Nikolai, who was executed himself towards the end of the Great Purge (8) |
| MUTT | A mongrel dog with an upset tummy returned briefly (4) |
| MOLOTOV | Soviet commissar who gave his name to a 'cocktail' (7) |
| COLDLY | How the commissar said "It's Siberia for you"? (6) |
| WATT | Actor who played Lofty in EastEnders from 1985 until 1988 and returned briefly earlier this year, Tom ---- (4) |
| ARGO | Commissar going around old ship (4) |
| ARAB | Letters from commissar about one from middle east, perhaps (4) |
| SARI | Asian dress kept by commissar intriguingly (4) |
