| WAXANDWANE | Increase and decrease, like the moon (3,3,4) |
| WANE | Wax and ___ (increase and decrease, like the visible part of the moon) |
| EBBANDFLOW | A repeated increase and decrease, or rise and fall (3,3,4) |
| TELESCOPIC | Able to increase and decrease in length |
| SPIRAL | Increase or decrease, like DNA molecules (6) |
| SOFTEN | Remove the lime from the water and decrease the volume (6) |
| WAX | ___ and wane (grow and diminish like the moon) |
| ECLIPSED | Outshone, like the Moon and the Sun (8) |
| ANDIRON | Stand by the fire and decrease? |
| SPREAD | Increase and multiply? The padre's confused! (6) |
| HIGHLIGHT | Like the moon and the sun, a focal point to focus on... (9) |
| ECLIPTIC | Like the moon in the earth's shadow |
| LUNAR | Start lighting up night and radiating like the moon (5) |
| ORBIT | Travel in circles like the Moon around the Earth |
| PITTED | Like the moon's landscape and many olives |
| MODERATE | Surrender and decrease coverage of counter-information (8) |
| SECEDE | Partly withdraw, making borders of state change and decrease (6) |
| FADE | Starts to flag and decrease energy (4) |
| KEEPUP | Glance back, then increase and maintain speed (4,2) |
| CASHUP | Note, for example, increase and work out takings (4,2) |
