Possible Clues:

• Make a new root - 0, that's just a few
• 'Eh, not too many'
• Not many options between Down and here
• A few on rickety tower get vertigo ultimately
• A sprinkling
• Far from oceans
• Numerical choice for a few
• A couple of overs tore down madly, but put no opener in difficulty
• Less than a few
• A few wrote harshly, dissecting Japanese artist