| STUNT | Any one of the daring or hazardous feats performed in an action film; or, a publicity event (5) |
| LABOR | Any of the twelve difficult feats performed by Hercules |
| BOOST | An upward thrust or shove from below; an increase in price or salary; encouragement to improve morale; or, a publicity campaign (5) |
| STUNTS | Dangerous, daring feats performed by actors in films (6) |
| HANDLER | A boxer's second; a police officer in charge of a speciallytrained dog; or, a publicity agent (7) |
| CHASE | High-speed scene in an action film |
| LASER | Element of a security grid in many an action film |
| HASTE | Speed, especially in an action; swiftness or rapidity (5) |
| NERVE | The daring of Abner Vermount (5) |
| SLOMO | Feature of many an action film, paradoxically |
| AGENT | Urge a fellow to be a publicity representative (5,5) |
| PRESS | Urge a fellow to be a publicity representative (5,5) |
| PROMO | Publicity event (abbr) (5) |
| FASTX | Latest installment in an action franchise about cars, Corona, and family |
| PHOTO | Some publicity events |
| PROBE | A publicity man has to live on research |
| ADLITEM | Of a guardian, appointed by a court to represent a minor in an action; Latin, 'for the lawsuit' (2,5) |
| CYCLING | Sport or pursuit performed in an event such as an audax, Enduro, madison, randonnee or time trial (7) |
| POTHOLES | Caves forming in limestone areas as a result of erosion by water; or, hazardous hollows in roads (8) |
| WILHELMSCREAM | Classic sound effect in an action film when someone is badly injured |
