| AUXI | I grew (trans. common, intrans. less so): amplicavi, crevi |
| CRESCERE | Cresco, ____, crevi, cretum: to wax, to grow |
| SUBSIDO | I squat or crouch down (intrans.), I lie in wait for (trans.) |
| RUANT | May they fall (intrans.) or destroy (trans.) |
| QUASSAT | He shakes (intrans. and trans.) |
| CRISPANS | Curly (adj.) or shaking (trans. and intrans.) |
| CLAUDET | He limps (2nd intrans.), it will block, shut, bung up (3rd trans.) |
| INGEMINAT | It increases (intrans.), it redoubles (trans.) |
| AUGET | She grows and gets bigger (trans. and intrans.) |
| RCABUILDING | "Hi, I'm Mike Bloomberg. I grew up watching ___ a TV conglo |
| AGRAY | "I think I grew ___ watching you procrastinate" (Incubus lyric) |
| LOSSES | They make one worth less. So? |
| SCALABLE | A wall being this might make it more or less so? |
| NUMB | Unfeeling, but less so than one or two, say? |
| LETWELLALONE | Suitably wearing much less, so don't interfere (3,4,5) |
| PRECLUDE | Red couple, nothing less, so shut out in advance (8) |
| NOTRICH | Better off than some, less so than others |
| SUNLIT | Bright, but less so when son leaves (6) |
| LOSERS | Those who aren't successful, or less so otherwise (6) |
| VAINLY | How the incorrigibly narcissistic try to become less so? (6) |