| CUT | How to reduce the field in a Calcutta competition (3) |
| SPADED | Worked the field, in a way |
| OUTDISTANCE | Beat the field, in a marathon |
| USELESS | Futile advice on how to reduce waste (7) |
| FRIENDLESS | How to reduce social networking contacts by yourself (10) |
| SKY | Field in a jigsaw puzzle, often |
| LEA | The field in which cattle are fattened (3) |
| OGS | Acronym for legends in the field, in slang |
| CAT | Doja ___ (artist who led the field in BET Award nominations) (July, 2022) |
| ILL | Indisposed to reduce the account by twenty-five per cent (3) |
| AGE | Words matter: Have you ever noticed that ads for so-called "___-defying" skin creams ambiguously claim to reduce the "appearance" of fine lines? |
| INDIANFILE | Manoeuvring in field, in a line (6,4) |
| WEASEL | Furtive mustelid whose supposed ability to suck the contents out of an A"uf without breaking its shell gave rise to a term for equivocal or evasive words, used to reduce the force of a concept being e |
| STARTINGELEVEN | "Is this the first day's lineup?" ("No, it's the first team on the field in the World Cup") |
| RUNAROUND | Play the field in Rush for a few drinks (3,6) |
| ONTHEBALL | One's in possession on the field, in display of competence (2,3,4) |
| SANDWICH | Pack one to eat in the field in Kent (8) |
| ESAU | "A cunning hunter, a man of the field," in Genesis |
| SIDELINE | Mark showing limit of field in a place for those out of the contest (8) |
| THEFORCE | Energy field in a galaxy far, far away |
