| DOWNTURN | A reduction in the success of a business or economy (8) |
| DOWNTURNS | Drops or reductions in the success of businesses or economies (9) |
| CLASS | Business or economy |
| CRUCIAL | Decisive in the success or failure of something (7) |
| LIFEBOAT | A craft designed for rescues at sea; or, a measure taken in an attempt to save a business or investor etc in figurative troubled waters (8) |
| CUTPRICE | A reduction in the barber's charge? |
| EVENTUAL | Liked the ultimate success of a show jumper? (8) |
| FOLLOWUP | A further examination of a patient to monitor the success of earlier treatment (6,2) |
| DISCOUNT | Reduction in the cost or price of (8) |
| OPERATOR | Person who runs a business or enterprise (8) |
| HAIRCUT | A coiffure, do, set or style; the manner in which one is barbered; or, a reduction in the value of an asset (7) |
| WHITELIE | You and I admit the success of the golf ball position is a fib (5,3) |
| SQUABBLE | Battle royale-style spin-off game inspired by the success of Wordle. (8) |
| FOOTFALL | Riding on the success of someone influential (8) |
| SLIMMING | It requires some reduction in the fare (8) |
| STOODFOR | "Everybody knew who I was, and nobody knew what I ____" (Colin Wilson, on the success of his first book, The Outsider) |
| BOWSPRIT | Leading brands offered with special price reductions in the Spar (8) |
| RETRENCH | Make reductions in the world'orce (8) |
| CREWCUTS | Styles of reductions in the workforce (4,4) |
| MOGUL | A bump on a ski slope; a candy-making machine; or, from the title of a member of a Muslim dynasty, a business or media tycoon (5) |
