| BUSINESS | Cut to the chase and skip the small talk (8,4,2,8) |
| STRAIGHTDOWNTO | Cut to the chase and skip the small talk (8,4,2,8) |
| GOTIVTOBUSINESS | Cut the small talk |
| METAMORPHOSIS | Locusts do not undergo a complete ___ and skip the pupa stage |
| ANNE | Star of ITV game show The Chase and I'm a Celebrity... contestant in the 2018 series, ---- Hegerty (4) |
| CHEETAHS | They're spotted on the chase and none can outrun them. (8) |
| EDGAR | Abbott & Costello joined this Bergen on The Chase and Sanborn Hour radio show in 1941. |
| LINE | Impatient query by someone eager to cut to the chase: "What's the bottom ___?" |
| ILLBEBRIEF | Promise to cut to the chase |
| QUIZPROGRAMME | Cut to the chase? The second half will provide one! |
| HEISTFILMS | They might cut to the chase |
| LONGSTORYSHORT | "I'll cut to the chase"... or an alternative title for this puzzle? |
| IDIOM | Cut to the chase, say |
| SHOOT | Without thinking, just cut to the chase... as any old gunslinger would. (5,4,3,3) |
| FROMTHEHIP | Without thinking, just cut to the chase... as any old gunslinger would. (5,4,3,3) |
| CLIMAXTHEATER | Moviehouse that always cuts to the chase? |
| HUNT | From humble beginnings, finally went to the chase |
| CUT | "___ to the chase" ("Don't ramble") |
| CARVE | Cut to the vehicle, the front part of the vehicle (5) |
| SKELETONSERVICE | What's available to the military when personnel cut to the bone? (8,7) |
