Possible Clues:

• They're counted at meetings
• On the face of it, they seem like 31 across without one
• Going on ahead, see 3 down for them (5)
• Beaks, conks
• Eskimos rub them
• A me from sesame, on the face of them
• They get sent, by the sound of them, for a blow
• They run in winter
• Smells arising from cheeses once
• Front parts of planes