| RAWMEAT | The nitty-gritty of conflict over team changes (3,4) |
| MORAL | Molar? Well it is the nitty gritty of the story (5) |
| TOTHE | Into the nitty gritty of dancing to the horn section wanderings? (7,4,2,3,5,5) |
| BRASS | Into the nitty gritty of dancing to the horn section wanderings? (7,4,2,3,5,5) |
| TACKS | Into the nitty gritty of dancing to the horn section wanderings? (7,4,2,3,5,5) |
| GETTINGDOWN | Into the nitty gritty of dancing to the horn section wanderings? (7,4,2,3,5,5) |
| POWERPOLITICS | Minister for Communications, Climate Action & Environment needs to be good at the nitty-gritty of rural electrification? (5,8) |
| WARN | Give notice of conflict over ending of immigration |
| MEATY | Substantial team changes before end of July |
| WART | Growth of conflict over time (4) |
| WARY | Suspicious of conflict over youth leader (4) |
| REALISED | Understood true team changes |
| COLONEL | Officer getting to the nitty gritty in talk |
| DETAILS | Gets the nitty-gritty, then cuts it short (7) |
| ESSENCE | Concentrate on the nitty-gritty (7) |
| IRONOUT | Resolve, as the nitty-gritty |
| BRASSTACKS | Nitty-gritty of piles below underwear (5,5) |
| UNCLES | McCartney's Albert and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Charlie |
| INHER | The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "___ Eyes" |
| NUMB | Unfeeling male absorbed in the nitty-gritty (4) |
