| BOILDOWN | Amount, in short, to "Reduce the liquid" |
| COOL | The birds often defecate on their legs and the evaporation of the liquid on the legs helps to ___ the shoebill down. |
| BARCHART | One entitled, in short, to comprehend curve in graph |
| SUBEDIT | Advance, in short, to change the text on paper (7) |
| USED | Turns to boss of hacks, in short, to be employed (4) |
| STOA | A way, in short, to get to a covered colonnade (4) |
| VIZ | In short, to wit, six go to zoo opening (3) |
| LARKSPUR | Enticement in short to tour fancy parks to see plant (8) |
| FLUORIDE | Anion added to water supplies to reduce the incidence of tooth decay in the population (8) |
| KYOTO | The _____ Protocol is an international treaty, adopted in December 1997, that aimed to reduce the emission of gases that contribute to global warming (5) |
| PARIS | The _____ Agreement is an international treaty adopted in December 2015 which aimed to reduce the emission of gases that contribute to global warming (5) |
| DIP | To plunge temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid (3) |
| WEASEL | Furtive mustelid whose supposed ability to suck the contents out of an A"uf without breaking its shell gave rise to a term for equivocal or evasive words, used to reduce the force of a concept being e |
| HORSE | Animals bred, in short, to run in sporting event (9,5,6) |
| TRIALS | Animals bred, in short, to run in sporting event (9,5,6) |
| BADMINTON | Animals bred, in short, to run in sporting event (9,5,6) |
| NEMESIS | Men return, at the end, with a relative, in short, to get retribution (7) |
| PROSIT | No amateur, in short, to go in for examination good luck! (6) |
| HARMONICA | It's difficult, in short, to get woman to play this instrument |
| ASBOS | Abruptly request person in charge, in short, to issue injunctions affecting UK residents |
