| SHORTLIVED | Verdi, lost, confused about entry of harp? Only for a while (5-5) |
| ADDEND | Learner lost, confused about number in part of a sum (6) |
| PAROLE | It's spring, but only for a while! (6) |
| VIOLAS | Members of 28 in Verdi lost heart also, sadly (6) |
| PENANCE | 'Atonement' writer McEwan regularly lost, confused (7) |
| INTHETOOTH | Gotta be gettin' on - if only for a daft description of Dracula? (4,2,3,5) |
| RAMSHACKLE | A clerk has to be upset about entry to museum that's dilapidated (10) |
| TRANSIENCE | The state of lasting only for a short time (10) |
| ALTERATION | Every so often, allot middlemen a fixed amount only for a change |
| RHINOLALIA | Twanging of harp in all pop I played, never piano |
| PHOTOGRAPH | Picture of harp got hop going (10) |
| OCCASIONAL | Only for a special event (10) |
| TAPIRS | A stir created about entry of pretty hoofed mammals (6) |
| INFANTS | A Finn's agitated about entry of these young children (7) |
| CHARMBRACELET | Awfully cerebral chat about entry of musical band with trinkets (5,8) |
| KIDULTS | I'd sulk somehow about entry of these childish grown-ups (7) |
| RUSTICS | Doctor is curt about entry of several country dwellers (7) |
| CHARLOTTEBRONTE | Bachelor rotten sadly about entry of this female writer (9,6) |
| SMARTMOTORWAY | A worry at most possibly about entry to modern transport route (5,8) |
| AMOUR | Our love? Only for half a day (5) |
