| INTERLINKED | Wages and pensions directly related to the cost of living and rising or falling accordingly (5-6) |
| INDEXED | Related to the cost of living (7) |
| PARR | Martin, British photographer whose books include The Cost Of Living and Think Of England (4) |
| ATMOSPHERIC | ___ pressure (meteorological value that may be rising or falling) |
| CALLIEHOUSE | Leader of the National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and Pension Association, chartered in 1897 |
| FLUSH | A startled flock of rising or springing game birds; a fresh bloom of flowers, foliage or fruit; a suffusion of a reddish or rosy colour; or, a hand of poker cards, all of the same suit (5) |
| TREADSWATER | Is active without making progress or falling behind |
| MARKEDUP | Added a certain amount to the cost of goods to cover overhead and profit (6,2) |
| INDEXLINK | Tie in to the cost of living (5-4) |
| CURTAINS | Word for drapes or portieres; or, alluding to the closing or falling of these, the end, death or ruin (8) |
| MATERIAL | Type of evidence directly related to the matter (8) |
| INVESTMENTBANKER | Financial expert and advisor to corporations and governments on how to raise capital and arrange mergers and pension funds (10,6) |
| SLOPE | Piece of rising or falling ground / slant |
| MINIM | Drop of fluid, note - rising or falling |
| ROTOR | Chopper wing rising or falling (5) |
| STEEP | Rising or falling sharply (5) |
| DEATHRATE | The opposite of the cost of living? (5-4) |
| GRAPH | Design for rising or falling prices |
| INTONATION | Where immigration must by definition be rising or falling? |
| STAR | Word after rising or falling |
