| GRADATION | Good disposal of heat, perhaps, dropping one degree |
| CALORIFIC | Heat-generating gas provided at one degree Centigrade (9) |
| GRANDDUKE | European rank one degree below that of sovereign (5,4) |
| ACROBATIC | Like a gymnast, Macron stripped off (bravo!) at one degree Celsius (9) |
| GRADUATED | Received one's degree (9) |
| QUALIFIES | Survives the heat, perhaps, but also weakens |
| MIAFARROW | About one degree Fahrenheit - sign for actress (3,6) |
| ROWANTREE | Provider of fruit course dropping one after argument (9, 2 words) |
| GAS | Good as a source of heat, perhaps (3) |
| ENCHILADA | Fish in river ___ with temperature dropping, one boy takes a wrap (9) |
| TRANSPOSE | Coaches dropping one model substitute (9) |
| DISHWATER | Ruin server, dropping one in dirty liquid (9) |
| FIREWATER | Anger admitted by fellow waiter dropping one alcoholic drink (9) |
| TONBRIDGE | Card game dropping one of its players in quality Home Counties town |
| AMARYLLIS | Queen introduced to golf commentator, dropping one small flower (9) |
| UNNATURAL | Annual turn over dropping one point? That's odd |
| TRANSPIRE | Vehicle dropping one with prominent church feature to be discovered |
| BELLMETAL | Lame, dropping one in disastrous ballet? That'll make a clanger (4-5) |
| MANHANDLE | Violently grab principal knob, dropping one |
| NUMBERTWO | Dropping one place down in the batting order |
