| ALLISION | This word, meaning "the act or an instance of a ship striking a stationary object," spiked after the collapse in March of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge |
| ADE | A suffix meaning: 'the act of'; 'result or product of' |
| AUTOKINESIS | An illusion in which a stationary object seems to move |
| EGGO | Brand whose sales spiked after an appearance on "Stranger Things" |
| TIPOFF | The act or an instance of putting the ball in play in basketball (3-3) |
| ENDORSEMENT | The act or an instance of approving or sanctioning something (11) |
| STIR | A commotion; a faint movement or sensation; a slang word for jail; or, an instance of mixing cake batter, a cup of tea, vegetables in a wok etc (4) |
| REFUSAL | The act, or an instance, of declining to accept (7) |
| INTRIGUE | The act or an instance of secret plotting, etc. (8) |
| TREACHERY | The act or an instance of wilful betrayal (9) |
| DODGE | A dive, duck, sidestep, shun, veer or other evasive/hiding movement; a quibble; a ruse or cunning trick in order to avoid something unpleasant; or, an instance of two bells trading places in change-ri |
| ANTIC | Old word for an absurd act or an actor in a grotesque or ludicrous part such as a clown or buffoon (5) |
| CARVING | The act or art of sculpture in ivory, stone, wood etc; the dendroglyph, figure or form created; the process of cutting up roasted meat at a table; or, a technique of turning in skiing (7) |
| SERVICE | Advent, Christingle, Epiphany, Midnight Mass or other ceremony of religious worship; a set of matching crockery for a particular meal; or, the act or manner of waiting on diners in a restaurant (7) |
| REFORM | The act or process of improving or correcting an institution, practice, system etc; or, the betterment of a behaviour by giving up a vice (6) |
| GENOCIDE | A word meaning the policy of eradication of a race - it was defined as a crime against humanity by the United Nations in 1948 |
| STADIUM | A name for a sports or concert venue, derived from a Greek word meaning the length of 600 feet (7) |
| DUELLA | The act or art of one-on-one combat; or, the code of rules governing such an affair of honour (6) |
| COLLAPSE | An instance of a structure falling down or giving way (8) |
| KINGPAIR | Cricketing term for an instance of a batsman being out first ball for zero in both innings |
