| FLASHES | Reveals briefly, ... a smile |
| MEG | Briefly, a unit of memory capacity for your computer equivalent to a million bytes |
| NOODLES | Pasta and, briefly, a large plateful? (7) |
| TOSCANINI | Conductor of opera, briefly a number one |
| AXIOM | Man burdened by tool briefly, a saw |
| SLAPPER | Soldier holding the line briefly - a spanking fellow? |
| LEAR | Get to know, briefly, a humorist |
| GASKELL | Good question by French female, briefly a writer |
| ALTAIR | Song by singer, briefly a star (6) |
| ADD | To sum up briefly a religious scholar |
| INDIA | Currently experiencing decline briefly, a nation |
| PAPA | Photographer briefly a neighbour to Oscar |
| LEADSOM | Very briefly, a potential leader males do fancy |
| IOWA | Island briefly a part of US (4) |
| MASS | Briefly, a state celebration (4) |
| TEMP | Briefly, a worker in totem poles (4) |
| EMBRACE | Welcome them briefly, a couple |
| ALIAS | Briefly, a storyteller's other name |
| NOTREDAME | Briefly, a Parisian hotspot cooked no red meat |
| MISS | Briefly, a state of failure? |
