| CRATER | In brief, a Democrat eradicated the depression |
| TRUST | Hope he eradicated the corrosion (5) |
| SHORTBREAD | In brief, a staple food is like a brittle cake (10) |
| RELEVANCE | Bearing north-east, in brief a clever manoeuvre (9) |
| CARAFE | In brief, a racehorse's comeback shows bottle (6) |
| FABLE | In brief, a blessed story |
| LOSANGELES | In brief, a centre of population |
| MEMO | In brief, a note to remind (4) |
| FIBRE | In brief, a slender filament |
| FAME | In brief, a mercurial celebrity (4) |
| SUMMARY | In brief, a woman given money (7) |
| FABBRI | Italian gunmakers - showing in brief a bar muzzle (6) |
| CONCISE | In brief, a century can be so nice! (7) |
| SCIFI | In brief, a genre of futuristic or speculative storytelling (3-2) |
| LAWYER | One with a brief, a case and a briefcase |
| SHORTTEMPERED | Too brief a hardening process can make one frazzled (5,8) |
| REARADMIRAL | Lift and take one's hat off to brief a large naval officer |
| TANGA | Skimpy briefs - a gnat (anag) (5) |
| UNDERCLOTHES | Briefs a number of boxers (12) |
| BOXERS | Briefs a few of our best friends? |
