| RUNSDOWN | Dashes to the ground and searches successfully |
| SUNSHADE | Dashes to the United Nations for protection (8) |
| GOGGLES | Looks wide-eyed and searches the internet when it's midnight for love (7) |
| SIFTS | Off at last, sits about and searches through (5) |
| FRISKS | First fellow takes a chance and searches them |
| SEASONED | Sonnet 75: So are you to my thoughts as food to life, / Or as sweet-___ showers are to the ground. / And for the peace of you I hold such strife / And twixt a miser and his wealth is found |
| LOWRIDERS | Cars close to the ground, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| LOWLANDS | Gets close to the ground and brings plane down in relatively flat area |
| CREEK | Sneak along close to the ground & Narrow inlet (5) |
| HOOVES | Their ___ become sponge like in summer to give them more traction on the ground and in winter they shrink and tighten which exposes the rim of the hoof allowing them to cut through hard snow and ice. |
| LANDINGGEAR | The wheels and shock absorbers that support an aircraft on the ground and enable it to take off (7,4) |
| FROST | Term for atmospheric moisture crystallizing directly on the ground and on exposed objects; it also refers to the occurrence of subfreezing temperatures that affect plants and crops. (5) |
| SKISLOPE | School draws attention to disregard eye-opener that's run into the ground and on the decline (3,5) |
| KASEM | DJ with the catchphrase "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars" |
| ROOTS | The parts of a plant that support it in the ground and draw nourishment from the soil (5) |
| CREEPERS | Crawls along the ground and tries to get over walls (8) |
| SPARSE | Is thin on the ground, and lean around the South (6) |
| COCOA | Powder made from the ground and roasted seed of a W. African tree used to make a non-alcoholic beverage |
| STEWART | Author of novels including Madam, Will You Talk?, Airs Above the Ground and Rose Cottage who also wrote the Merlin trilogy (7) |
| LAYER | Propagate it by bringing a branch or stem in contact with the ground, and encouraging roots to grow from that point (5) |
