| CUTTING | Hurtful action by a grass mower or hedge trimmer (7) |
| CUTTER | A biscuit-dough shaper, hedge trimmer, jigsaw, lawnmower, mason, snips, topiarist or other person/thing for pruning, severing or slicing (6) |
| TOPIARIST | Hedge trimmer - best one - is used in craft (9) |
| PRUNER | Hedge trimmer |
| NONSUIT | The stopping of legal action by a judge, or voluntary withdrawal by the plaintiff |
| RAMBLER | A person who enjoys walking in the countryside; or, a rose flowering freely over cottages, arches, walls or hedges (7) |
| SPARROW | Bird associated with house or hedge (7) |
| KIDDLES | Word from Anglo-Norman for fish-weirs consisting of dams or hedges of wattles, stakes and nets in rivers or streams (7) |
| PRUNERS | Hedge trimmers |
| FAILURE | Lack of proper action by the F.A. with one breaking a rule (7) |
| NOBALL | A cricket penalty for illegal action by a bowler or fielder |
| SMEUSE | A dialect word, combining the Old French for "secret hiding place" and "smoot", meaning a small hole, for a gap in a fence or hedge for the passing of a rabbit or a hare (6) |
| OPPRESS | Persecute with a little military action by the media (7) |
| PARRYING | Defensive action by a fencer to block or deflect an attack (8) |
| FORECLOSURESALE | Action by a creditor to recover a mortgage debt |
| CRUSADE | Action by Christians to recapture the Holy Land (7) |
| DISABLE | Put out of action by detective with fur coat (7) |
| POTHOLE | Deep hole in limestone areas resulting from action by running water (7) |
| GESTURE | Action by the hands may sure get in trouble (7) |
| TRIGGER | ... and set off in action by model journeyman (7) |
