| LEAKAGE | Reason for drop in level of eg a lake possibly (7) |
| TEARJERKER | Reason for drops in movie attendees? |
| FOOTFALL | Settle for drop in customer numbers (8) |
| TERRIER | Soldier to make a mistake in level of hierarchy (7) |
| MOUNTUP | Rise in level of horse riding |
| LUREROD | E.g. used for drop shotting or jigging (4,3) |
| GUTTA | From the Latin for "drop", one of a series of pendent ornaments in the architrave of a Doric entablature; or, derived from the latex of a tropical plant, a "resist" used in silk painting |
| LANDING | Arrival in level area between stairs (7) |
| SUBSIDE | Go down in level |
| ELEVATE | To raise in level |
| FLOOR | Defect, it's said, in level of a building (5) |
| STOREY | Hear of something made up in level of building (6) |
| WATERSKIER | Sportsperson towed by a speedboat while gliding on the surface of e.g. a lake (5-5) |
| SOAR | Rise in level of river at Trent Lock. (4) |
| STAGE | Sudden prolonged rise in level of river (5) |
| DEESCALATION | Reduction in level of French euphoria about southern California |
| TIER | Audible drop in level (4) |
| EVERY | "I believe for ... drop of rain that falls, a flower grows; I believe that somewhere in the darkest night, a candle glows," sang Frankie Laine |
| GIRDLE | A ceinture, cincture, cingulum, elastic corset or sash; anything that encircles, like one such waistbelt; or, dialect for a bakestone/iron plate, for drop scones or Scotch pancakes (6) |
| GUESTROOM | Tom's rogue design has a space for drop-ins (9) |
