| COMMUTER | Regular traveller to city who lessens the punishment? (8) |
| SHRINK | Word for "reduce, shrivel", as in a head by a headhunter, hence a slang word for a psychiatrist, who lessens or withers delusions of the mind (6) |
| ABRIDGER | One who lessens |
| SHUTTLE | Regular traveller close to lovely European capitals (7) |
| COMMUTE | Interchange to become a regular traveller |
| ELLERY | ____ Queen, fictional mystery writer in New York City who helps to solve crimes (6) |
| AMATEUR | Chum in a biblical city who does something for nothing? |
| DAEJEON | Calgary's Korean sister city who shares a temple |
| ONUOHA | Nedum ___, Nigerian footballer at Manchester City who has become a TV pundit |
| ABERDEENANGUS | Lad from granite city who's quite beefy? (8,5) |
| COMPUTER | Device, electronic say, provides regular traveller with parking for month (8) |
| JETSETTER | Regular traveller, Janet, ignoring an irritated tester (9) |
| CICERO | Originator of the phrase "Let the punishment fit the offense" |
| FORAGE | The lips of a camel are thick which allows them to ___ on thorny plants which lessens the competition for food from other animals |
| SENSELESS | The cardinal points and lessens the unconscious state (9) |
| DIMINISHES | Lessens the car amongst the crocks? (10) |
| COMMUTERS | Reduce unfilled roads for regular travellers (9) |
| PLIERS | Tools for regular travellers |
| JETSET | Airliner ready for regular travellers |
| REPRIEVE | To postpone or remit the punishment of a person, especially one condemned to death (8) |
