| HIVE | Source of honey I have in short is a colony of bees (4) |
| SEAL | Marine mammal of which a group on land is a colony and on water a raft (4) |
| SHREWS | Mole-like mammals whose collective noun is a colony or drove |
| MORANIS | Rick of "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" |
| MALE | Like drones in a colony of bees |
| AREA | 100 square metres. What that is, in short ... is this! (4) |
| ATTY | Lawyer in short is clever, escaping term in prison |
| ASIS | A sibling, in short, is just the same (2,2) |
| ECON | Business-school class, in short, is online scam? (4) |
| GAMY | Gave half what I have in the flavour of wild meats |
| ARCH | Knowing what, in short, is out of date |
| HIYA | Pray I have in part returned greeting (4) |
| CLUBFOOT | A volume measure in short is a birth defect (8) |
| THIS | "The thing I have in my hands" |
| ENDIVE | Aim I have in short for salad plant (6) |
| COL | This army officer, in short, is a bit loco, on reflection (3) |
| PASSIVE | Predicament I have in short being lethargic (7) |
| FATHOM | Fahrenheit, in short, is a unit |
| ITALIANVERMOUTH | It in short is a drink (7,8) |
| WORKER | Sterile female member of a colony of bees (6) |
