| RETARDED | Delayed progress or accomplishment of |
| HINDER | Prevent the progress or accomplishment of (6) |
| HINDERED | Delayed progress |
| MODESTY | The quality of being unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities or accomplishments; pudency; or, a panel, piece or veil for covering the bosom or decolletage (7) |
| RATES | Ranks of ships or sailors; relative speeds of progress or change; or, a clock's gains or losses in time (5) |
| TENOR | Word, from "hold", for the holder of a melody first, now a male singing voice; course or progress; or, the gist or purport of a discourse (5) |
| IDIDIT | Words of guilt or accomplishment |
| TOURDEFORCE | A masterly or brilliant stroke, creation, effect or accomplishment (4,2,5) |
| TOUR | Masterly or brilliant stroke, creation or accomplishment, _ de force (4) |
| DEED | Feat or accomplishment |
| ATTAINMENT | Achievement or accomplishment (10) |
| STATE | A mode of existence; an impression taken from an etched or engraved plate at a particular point in progress; or, a commonwealth (5) |
| AFOOT | Word used to mean in progress or under way; or, walking or running, as opposed to travelling by car etc (5) |
| FREEZE | An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement (6) |
| RATE | The relative speed of progress or change. (4) |
| AMPHORA | One with rate of progress or a jar (7) |
| HAMPER | Prevent the progress or free movement of (6) |
| NOTATE | Records the progress or development of (6) |
| MILESTONE | Marker of progress or achievement (9) |
| CHARTS | Records the progress or development of (6) |
