| STOPTHEROT | Halt a downward trend |
| SLID | Started a downward trend |
| SOUSE | Pickled pigs' ears, pork or trotters; brine, salt or vinegar; a drenching or ducking; a wash; a sluicing with water; a blow, fall or thump; a drunkard; or, a downward swoop of a hawk (5) |
| DECREASE | Downward trend |
| FAD | Nothing much, first downward trend (3) |
| SLIDE | Downward trend |
| DIP | Slight downward trend in the stock market |
| FROMBLOOMTOBUST | Downward trend at the flower shop? |
| BEARMARKET | Downward trend on Wall Street |
| LEVER | A bar or board that rests on a support called a fulcrum. A downward force exerted on one end of this tool can be transferred and increased in an upward direction at the other end, allowing a small for |
| RAN | A migration of salmon or other fish upstream; a downward trickle of paint; a track made or used by a particular animal; or, a sprint, such as that when undergoing the punishment of the gauntlet (3) |
| STOPPER | A bung, cork, plug or spigot for sealing a bottle, decanter, duct or pipe; or, a person/thing that halts a crime, goal, show or other process (7) |
| PULLUP | Come to a halt a€“ reprimand (4,2) |
| CHOP | A barter or exchange; a change in direction, as in the wind; a downward blow; or, a slice of lamb or pork (4) |
| TAJMAHAL | Halt, a jam involving Marble Arch in a big way |
| PARK | Move Ford Sierra inside, then come to a halt, a feature of Kelly MacDonald (7,4) |
| GOSFORD | Move Ford Sierra inside, then come to a halt, a feature of Kelly MacDonald (7,4) |
| SLIDES | Downward trends |
| ABORT | Halt a missile launch |
| EAT | Halt a hunger strike |
