| KNIFED | Barely made a ripple in, as during a dive |
| PEEPED | Barely made a sound |
| GFORCE | It might be high during a dive |
| WAVEFRONT | Any one of the concentric circles in a ripple, in physics |
| TIPPLER | If there's a ripple in the tea, the drinker will find it! |
| AVERS | Affirms a fact as during a trial (anagram of versa) |
| CURL | A ringlet; an eddy; a ripple effect or "flame" in wood; an instance of sliding a granite or stone on ice; or, a weightlifting exercise performed with a barbell or a dumb-bell (4) |
| UMBRA | Wholly shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object, as during a solar eclipse (5) |
| TRYTOREMEMBER | Think hard, as during a test |
| ICEIN | Strand, as during a polar vortex |
| RETREAT | Withdraw, as during a battle |
| TREED | Cornered, as during a fox hunt |
| STOPPAGE | An organised cessation of work, as during a strike (8) |
| ANOINT | Pour oil on, as during a rite |
| RANSACKS | Goes through hurriedly, as during a robbery |
| SPOT | Protect, as during a gym routine |
| SOLO | By oneself as during a trip |
| REELIN | Catch, as during a fishing trip |
| TREX | Creator of ripples in a water glass, in a classic movie scene |
| PUDDLE | Word for a little ditch originally, later a small muddy pool of rainwater; a wet mixture of clay and sand; or, a ripple, left by the blade of an oar (6) |
