| HARVESTERS | The more they cut down, the more they gain |
| HARVESTER | The more he cuts down the more he gains (9) |
| PORTALS | They cut down travel in sci-fi |
| CASINO | 1995 movie with the line: "The longer they play, the more they lose. In the end, we get it all" |
| WINTERSPORTSMEN | The harder the conditions the more they enjoy themselves |
| NOOSES | Loops with running knots which draw tighter the more they are pulled (6) |
| MIGHTIEST | In Monty Python And The Holy Grail, the knights who say 'Ni' demanded, "Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must cut down the ... tree in the forest with a herring!" |
| TAKEOVERS | They gain control - grab them by the balls! (9) |
| SHOOTS | Cut down the ferny ___ of asparagus when they turn yellow (6) |
| DECREASE | Do the ironing, but cut down the quantity (8) |
| CROPCIRCLES | Cut down the rings where the aliens have landed? (4,7) |
| RETREADS | They gain fresh employment with Man U, perhaps -- about to negotiate endlessly (8) |
| EASEMENT | It's how a team is seen until they gain relief (8) |
| AMATEURS | They gain nothing but pleasure from their activities (8) |
| BOUT | However, they gain nothing in fight |
| DAZE | Shock lasts 48 hours or more, they say (4) |
| LESS | What's more, they say |
| MOLARS | Roams with 50 more - they work as grinders! |
| ASPARAGUS | Cut down the ferny shoots of this plot delicacy to soil level once they've turned yellow (9) |
| SCYTHE | Terribly chesty, cut down the weed? (6) |
