| BUILTUPAREA | A hill town where the rate of progress is limited |
| FEED | An amount of provender for cattle or of sustenance for a baby; a plentiful meal; the rate of progress of a lathe; or, an actor's stooge (4) |
| MEMPHIS | In Tennessee yours truly is holding the rate of progress |
| THECHRONICLESOFNARNIA | The name of the main location in this book series is based on that of a hill town in Umbria |
| AMPHETAMINE | A rate of progress obtained by Greek character - this person's speed |
| TACHOMETERS | The smart CEO created device to measure rate of progress (11) |
| PACEONESELF | Establish a reasonable rate of progress |
| SPACEFLIGHT | Rate of progress fine in delicate journey to another planet? |
| SPEEDOMETER | It shows your rate of progress (11) |
| VELOCITY | A measure of the rate of motion of a body expressed as the rate of change of its position in a particular direction with time |
| PACE | Meaning "stretch of the leg", a step; the distance covered by said stride; a gait of a horse; or, the rate of cantering, running, walking etc (4) |
| SECOND | Newton's ___ law of motion states that the rate of change of momentum of a body is directly proportional to the external force acting on it (6) |
| LOBETHAL | Beginning in the 1950s, in which Adelaide Hills town is one of the state's largest annual displays of Christmas lights? (8) |
| HIGHSPEED | A song by Coldplay; or, a general description of the rate of a bullet train or broadband over 10Mbps (4,5) |
| LEARNINGCURVE | Rate of progress in the mastery of a skill (8,5) |
| NAZARETH | Tarzan, he is out of place in Israeli Arab hill town (8) |
| URBINO | Italian hill town noted for maiolica and as the birthplace of Raphael (6) |
| MARKET | A regular gathering for the buying/selling of livestock or provisions; the rate of sale; or, a grocery store (6) |
| BRAKEHORSEPOWER | Unit for measuring the rate of work of a motor (5,10) |
| TACHOMETER | A device for measuring speed, especially the rate of revolution of a shaft |