| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| WEAKENING | Reducing | |
| NONSLIP | Slide-reducing | |
| LESSENING | Reducing | |
| DISCOUNTING | Reducing price | |
| DROPPING | Reducing (price) | |
| MARKINGDOWN | Reducing price | |
| AERODYNAMIC | Drag-reducing (shape) | |
| LUBRICANT | Friction-reducing substance | |
| DEGRADING | Reducing in worth | |
| SOURS | Spoils Sunday by reducing hours | |
| UTTER | Say something about reducing butter | |
| ADEPT | Proficient at reducing a department | |
| SOFTPEDALLING | Reducing emphasis of gentle cycling | |
| DIETICIAN | She may advocate reducing fare | |
| TENDERISING | Strange ingredients used for reducing toughness | |
| ABBREVIATION | The act of shortening, or reducing. | |
| ENERVATION | The act of weakening, or reducing strength. | |
| FEDALIZA/TION | The act of reducing to feudal tenure. | |
| PAUPERIZATION | The act or process of reducing to pauperism. | |
| PULVERIZATION | The action of reducing to dust or powder. | |
| CAPITULATION | A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement. | |
| BLEEP | Bleeding needs reducing by 50 per cent before physician’s first cut | |
| SMOKER | Reducing the size of his butt won’t improve his health, alas | |
| CINERATION | The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction. | |
| SCALA | A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus. | |