| BOILDOWN | Amount, in short, to "Reduce the liquid" |
| BARCHART | One entitled, in short, to comprehend curve in graph |
| 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) |
| CUTSDOWN | Acts to reduce the amount of material, as in curtailed (4,4) |
| EXPEDITE | Send forth deputy, in short, to exit European organisation (8) |
| ESPOUSED | Embraced one, especially, in short, to get round second hand (8) |
| SERGEANT | An officer gives thanks, in short, to green organisation (8) |
| SHELTERS | Deviates round officer, in short, to find places of safety (8) |
| UNIFORMS | Order from university, in short, to first students, having new habits (8) |
| OKLAHOMA | Agree in short to put on Los Angeles, a musical |
| UNLEADED | Kind of petrol or gasoline introduced to reduce the amount of toxic emissions due to heavy metal add |
| DECREASE | Remove the folds to reduce the size (8) |
| CONDENSE | Change from the gaseous to the liquid state (8) |
| SALARIED | Son left South Africa, in short, to get a rise on basic pay arranged (8) |
| TURNDOWN | Refuse - to reduce the volume (4,4) |
| TEARDUCT | Passage for the liquid secreted from the eye (4,4) |
| STITCHUP | Swindle to reduce the rent? (6,2) |
| GARGLING | Rinsing the mouth with medicinal fluid, while breathing out through the liquid (8) |
| STRAINED | Removed the liquid under pressure |
