| GRINDING | A step in coffee making; determining the degree of fineness |
| BARISTA | Person who specialises in coffee making in a coffee shop (7) |
| BARISTAS | They're skilled in coffee-making (8) |
| GRADIENT | From "step", an incline, such as that of a road or a train track; the degree of said slope; the extent of steepness of a graph at any point; or, a progressive blend from one colour to another (8) |
| PEER | Any member of one of the degrees of nobility in the UK (4) |
| LIFT | In golf, the degree of angle at which a clubhead is set, giving elevation to a ball (4) |
| UNIMAGINABLE | 'Proper punctuation is both the sign and the cause of clear thinking. If it goes, the degree of intellectual impoverishment we face is ___.' Lynne Truss |
| TENSION | The degree of tautness of stitches in machine sewing or the dial for regulating this (7) |
| MAMBA | It takes 1000 to get up in the morning to get the degree of a snake (5) |
| TRACK | Portable instrument which indicated the degree of smoothness of a locomotive and the rails (7. 5. 8) |
| HALLADE | And 20A and 8A Portable instrument which indicated the degree of smoothness of a locomotive and the rails (7. 5. 8) |
| RECORDER | Portable instrument which indicated the degree of smoothness of a locomotive and the rails (7. 5. 8) |
| OPACITY | The degree of blocking the transmission of light (7) |
| OVERSTEER | Exaggerate the degree of turning (of a car) (9) |
| SPIRITLEVELS | They have a way of setting things straight in The House by determining the number of Shadow members presumably? (6,6) |
| BEAN | Describe a nutritional fragment in the coffee-making process (4) |
| LACHESIS | The Fate determining the length of the thread of life (8) |
| DENIER | A unit of fineness of rayon, nylon or silk fibres (6) |
| STERLING | The official standard of fineness of British coins |
| STAIR | A step in the making of a street song |
