| HELDTHEFORT | Took charge briefly (4,3,4) |
| SPEARHEADED | Took charge of, as a mission |
| TRICKLEDOWN | Con took charge to take responsibility for economic theory |
| SUPE | Person in charge, briefly |
| TAURUS | Sign a union leader's in charge, briefly |
| RENAMED | Engineers reversing charge briefly called again |
| LIFER | Prisoner's fresh charge briefly withdrawn |
| MGT | People in charge, briefly |
| TOIL | One put in charge briefly for Labour (4) |
| ATMFEE | Type of bank charge, briefly |
| COMPS | Provides free of charge, briefly |
| PRINCEIGOR | Tsarevitch on stage before general in charge briefly wanders in (6-4) |
| MASOCHISTICALLY | So we're hurting ourselves with May still in charge (briefly) ___ chaos developing (15) |
| ANGELIC | A heavenly messenger in charge briefly? So virtuous (7) |
| EIRENICON | Was Irene about to be in charge, briefly, in working on a peace-making message? (9) |
| TOCAPITALL | Charge, briefly, involves money invested on top of everything else (2,3,2,3) |
| TONIC | A heavyweight, in charge briefly, gets a pick-me-up (5) |
| POS | This puzzle's grid shape, as an ion charge, briefly |
| NOBLE | Distinguished person of high social rank was in charge briefly (5) |
| PFCS | Sarge's charges, briefly |
