| DEESCALATION | Complex action sealed a reduction in tension (2-10) |
| THAW | Reduction in tension |
| EASING | Reduction in tension |
| DETAILED | Complex action involves dog (8) |
| ROBOTS | Machines capable of carrying out complex actions automatically (6) |
| DETUMESCENCE | A reduction in a swelling (12) |
| DEFLATIONARY | Causing a reduction in prices and earnings (12) |
| LOSINGWEIGHT | Benefiting from a reduction in the fare? (6,6) |
| DENT | A depression, ding or dip in a surface caused by a blow; or, any negative effect, such as a reduction in money or resources (4) |
| RUNDOWN | A summary; a reduction in activity, number, size etc; or, a Jamaican stew of seafood cooked in coconut milk (7) |
| GUILLOTINING | Such a reduction applied to (s)quires? (12) |
| TAPED | Sealed a package, in a way |
| HAIRCUT | A coiffure, do, set or style; the manner in which one is barbered; or, a reduction in the value of an asset (7) |
| TOPIC | Matter of a large circle getting a reduction in radius |
| DOWNTURN | A reduction in the success of a business or economy (8) |
| CUT | Slice of meat; a reduction in price; or, a power outage (3) |
| NATURALWASTAGE | Unrefined Western platform embracing a reduction in a workforce (7,7) |
| ADROPINTHEOCEAN | Piddling amount of a reduction in sea level (1,4,2,3,5) |
| ONADIET | Hoping to benefit from a reduction in the fare (2,1,4) |
| STASIS | Medically, a reduction in the flow of a bodily fluid |
