| REDUCE | Crude European forced to cut down (6) |
| FOSSILFUEL | Possibly crude European joins (is full of s***, unfortunately) (6,4) |
| OENOPHILE | Wine collector has mobile phone pinched by eg crude European |
| HADDOCK | Was forced to cut short, to have something to eat (7) |
| SUNLOWERSOVERHEAD | Microsystems company forced to cut operating expenses! |
| OFFAL | Olaf forced to cut up tripe, etc (5) |
| COAXED | Induced firm to cut down (6) |
| MALLOW | Everybody coming in to cut down the hedge plant (6) |
| SCYTHE | Get terribly chesty, so used to cut down the weed (6) |
| FACADE | Front-of-house to cut down on lighting and install air conditioning (6) |
| INTIME | Proverbial reminder helping one to cut down on sewing (1,6,2,4,5,4) |
| SCRIMP | Crim goes between capitals of Spain and Portugal to cut down costs (6) |
| LOGJAM | What's blocked movement to cut down trees and conserve |
| BAOBAB | Last item on agenda maybe introduced to cut down small tree |
| CHEESEGRATER | One of those employed in pizzeria to cut down on the Parmesan - Pecorino is better we hear (6,6) |
| UPKEEP | Maintenance is not apparently something to cut down on (6) |
| THEWARDEN | Time to cut down forest to make book |
| CEDAR | Forced arbour to cut down evergreen (5) |
| RETRENCH | Sappers take to a foxhole to cut down on expenses (8) |
| SLACKEN | Want to get into the money and to cut down on work (7) |
