| MINUSSIGN | It indicates negative value - or less (5,4) |
| APPRAISAL | An assessment or estimation of the worth, value or quality of a person or thing (9) |
| NONSENSES | Things of little or no value or importance (9) |
| UPGRADING | Raising in value or esteem (9) |
| WORTHLESS | Without practical value or usefulness (9) |
| AVAILMENT | The process of being of value or service to another (9) |
| OUTWEIGHS | Exceeds in value or importance (9) |
| NONZERO | Having a positive or negative value (3-4) |
| DIACRITICAL | --- mark, a symbol placed above or below a character or letter to indicate that it has a different phonetic value or is stressed (11) |
| REAPPRAISAL | The assessment or estimation again of the worth, value or quality of a person or thing (11) |
| RUNUP | A period preceding a notable event such as Christmas or New Year; or, a substantial hike in the value or level of something (3-2) |
| ADVANCE | Forward movement or progression; a rise in price, value or wages; a loan of money; or, payment beforehand (7) |
| TUMBLE | A handspring, somersault or other acrobatic feat; a clumsy headlong fall; a plummet in value; or, a disorderly heap or tangled mass (6) |
| DEPRECIATE | To reduce or decline in value or price (10) |
| SPOIL | Diminish or destroy the value or quality (5) |
| ENNUI | Common or garden nuisance value or a bit of a bore even (5) |
| SURVEY | Collection of data for mapping; an inspection of a building to ascertain its condition or value; or, a body of people for either of said purposes |
| PRECIOUS | From the Latin for "price", a word used to mean of great value or worth; or, cherished/treasured (8) |
| TENUTO | Musical performance direction indicating that a note or chord be held for its full time value or longer (6) |
| GRADE | Word, from "step", for a rung, upwards or downwards in dignity, progression, proficiency, quality, rank, size, value or anything else (5) |