Cryptic Transmission

These are cryptic clues, although they seem longer than usual.

As the clue numbers might imply, these clues fit a 5x5 grid.

The cryptic clues have multiple wordplay/definition parts, sometimes up to four.

Here is a list of wordplay/definition splits:

Dance, replacing roasted heart with medium / Kobe / beef originally ingested by mother / snake
Everything taking to / a cost / at endless polls
Prime / brew of ether / ash conceals start of hidden / letter count of this puzzle's answer
Confused shore / firefighter / uncovered western cresol after first hiding / parts of those remains
Didn't pay attention to / beginning signs, jumped uncentered, / was knocked out / and metaphorically died

Misguided principal at high school / oddly meant this / turned fake over time
Massachusetts town / playwright Fugard / is outspoken jerk with a lisp
Piece detailed / the next step to this puzzle: / British inspector
Censorship: / above-average cover up
Drunkenly alter / notification / (wary / retweet) after beer

Now it's time to use (3 down). The clues generally have multiple definitions or wordplays or both. Typically, in a cryptic clue, the wordplay portion is longer than the definition portion.

Enter the letters you get (one per clue) into the blanks at the bottom, starting with the Across clues and then doing the Down clues.

You should get a cryptic clue as a final cluephrase; this one works normally.

Remember to use the enumeration to this puzzle (7 across)

The cryptic clue is just 3 words; the first word is the definition and the second and third words form the wordplay.

LOUD represents a single letter.