| UNDERDONE | Finished up after falling short, so wasn't cooked long enough (9) |
| INARREARS | Blustery rain rises up after falling behind (2,7) |
| HARDBOILEDEGG | An egg cooked long enough for the yolk and egg to solidify (4-6,3) |
| PATIENTLY | You'll get it a-plenty if you wait long enough! (9) |
| SNAKELIKE | Ink leaks out before line finished up as serpentine (9) |
| DISCLOSED | Girls finished up, it's revealed (9) |
| SUMPTUOUS | Costly engine part finished up with American (9) |
| ACUPOFTEA | "You can never get ___ large enough or a book long enough to suit me" - attributed to author CS Lewis (1,3,2,3) |
| INACIRCLE | "If people stand ____ long enough, they'll eventually begin to dance" (George Carlin) |
| OUTOFTOWN | Where lion and unicorn finished up encouraging car use? (3,2,4) |
| ABOUTTIME | "Took you long enough!" |
| HOST | Presenter short, so had to show up (4) |
| TIS | It is short, so sit up! (3) |
| TTYL | Short "So long!" |
| PROTEM | For the time being it's short, so get tempo about right (3,3) |
| COMPOSITOR | Company member cut short so trio turn to one who assembled type |
| DISOWN | Record cut short, so may have to refuse to recognise it (6) |
| LEN | He's cut short, so there's some silence |
| STRAITEN | Run short, so put into difficulties. It sounds right (8) |
| ECLOSES | Von der Leyen's lot falls short so comes out (7) |
