| CALLITQUITS | Decide to abandon an activity |
| CUTONESLOSSES | Expression meaning 'to abandon an enterprise that is going to be unprofitable' (3,4,6) |
| DETER | Stop and decide to abandon mine (5) |
| BAILOUT | Term meaning to clear a sinking ship of water by means of a bucket or ladle; escape an aircraft via an emergency parachute jump; rescue financially; save from a predicament; or, abandon an engagement |
| QUIT | Abandon an inseparable pair to the inner city |
| BAIL | Abandon an effort, in slang |
| BAILS | Abruptly abandons an obligation in slang |
| RATSDESERT | (and 20 across, 22 across) Idiom alluding to people who abandon an enterprise as soon as it seems to fail ( (4,6) |
| SPONSORED | Denoting an activity organised to raise money for a charity, in which people agree to donate money on completion of the activity (9) |
| SESSION | A period devoted to an activity; an assembly |
| SURCEASE | Put an end to a state or an activity (8) |
| NOURISHER | A cool drink; an additional fee payable to counsel in a prolonged case; or, an activity or course for brushing-up one's existing knowledge or skills on a given task or subject (9) |
| NEWAT | Unaccustomed to, as an activity |
| STINT | Short period of time allotted to an activity |
| CALLITADAY | Agree to stop an activity (4,2,1,3) |
| GETINTOTHESWINGOFTHINGS | Become accustomed to an activity |
| MORATORIA | Temporary halts to an activity |
| SPONSORSHIP | Money given to support an activity |
| NEOPHYTE | Someone who is new to an activity (8) |
| INVOLVES | Causes to participate in an activity or situation (8) |
