| DAIMOKU | In Nichiren Buddhism, the Lotus Sutra mantra "nam myoho renge kyo"; or, the act of chanting these words (7) |
| NICHIREN | Japanese monk who founded a Buddhist movement with the Lotus Sutra and Nam Myoho Renge Kyo mantra as key elements (8) |
| KYO | Nam myoho renge ___ (Nichiren Buddhist chant) |
| ROUSING | Our drunken period of chanting becomes animated |
| GAR | Tibetan form of chanting |
| PAA | ___ liya hain pyar tera ..... from Kyo Kii Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta (3) |
| TAILING | Term for flour or grain of inferior quality; a cook's task of cutting the ends off gooseberries, mangetout, radishes, runner beans etc, as opposed to topping; or, the act of secretly following or shad |
| EDGING | The border of a flower-bed, garden path, garment, lawn or rug; the fringe, gravel, hurdles, lace, pavers etc used; or, the act of making said finish/trim (6) |
| SERVICE | Advent, Christingle, Epiphany, Midnight Mass or other ceremony of religious worship; a set of matching crockery for a particular meal; or, the act or manner of waiting on diners in a restaurant (7) |
| ASSART | In British legal history, a piece of forest land cleared or reclaimed for arable use; or, the act or offence of grubbing up of trees and bushes (6) |
| CONQUEST | Achievement of victory through a form of combat whose name is linked to a horse chestnut or "cheeser" used in a playground battle; a successful ascent of a mountain; or, the act/art of gaining a perso |
| IONIC | Greek form of architecture seen in The Temple of Artemis, one of the seven wonders of the ancient wo |
| BREACH | An infringement; a quarrel; a gap made in an enemy's fortifications by an attacking army; or, the act of a whale leaping clear of the water (6) |
| PEBBLING | Curler's method of creating frozen bumps on the rink's surface to slow the stone down; or, the act of texturing leather for a rough finish (8) |
| LEXEME | In linguistics, a basic unit of meaning in a language/vocabulary in the form of a word or several wo |
| UPKEEP | Running costs; or, the act or process of maintaining something in a state of good repair (6) |
| TILLING | Fictional seaside town based on Rye in East Sussex in E. F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia novels; or, the act of ploughing, harrowing etc (7) |
| STRIKE | A discovery of gold, oil etc; or, the act of knocking down all 10 pins with one's first ball in bowling (6) |
| SWERVE | From "leave, stray, turn aside", an abrupt change of direction; a sudden deviation; or, the act of making a cricket ball swing laterally in flight (6) |
| PASS | A fencing thrust; a juggling trick; or, the act of making no bid in bridge (4) |
