| EFFUSING | Instance of giving off something such as a liquid or gas (8) |
| STOPCOCK | An externally operated valve regulating the flow of a liquid or gas through a pipe (8) |
| FILTRATE | A liquid or gas that has been cleaned of certain particles (8) |
| HOSEPIPE | A flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas. |
| CIRCULAR | A word meaning "round", hence something, such as a letter or a notice, that goes around to a ring of people (8) |
| VELOCITY | Novel by Dean Koontz; or, the speed at which something such as a car moves in a particular direction (8) |
| PICKMEUP | Something such as a bracer, cordial, medicinal tonic, stimulating drink or tiramisu, that boosts, cheers, refreshes or revives (4-2-2) |
| RICOCHET | What happens when a pellet bounces off something (8) |
| STROKE | A rub or smooth with one's hand; a blow or hit of something such as a golf/tennis ball; or, a linear mark made with a paintbrush or a pen (6) |
| SECRETES | Releases, as a liquid |
| POUREDON | Covered with liberally, as a liquid |
| FRAGMENT | A piece broken off something (8) |
| SHOWDOWN | Face-off, something male mugs do at puberty (8) |
| BARNACLE | Don't allow to clean off something from the keel (8) |
| SPARERIB | Bear rips off something to gnaw on (5,3) |
| VERSO | From "turned leaf", the back of a folio or sheet; a left-hand page of an open book; or, the rear of something, such as a coin, medal or painting (5) |
| CREEP | Word for the careful, gradual or prone crawl or inch of something such as a bug, crocodile, fog, spider or Virginia vine; a sheep hole, meuse or smeuse; or, a fawning sneak (5) |
| VALVE | Open or close it to control the flow of a liquid or gas (5) |
| FOISTING | Passing off (something on someone) |
| IMITATION | An act of mimicry; a caricature; or, a copy or replica of something, such as a diamond or an original painting (9) |
