| LEAPT | Made a jump |
| SKIP | Flisk from foot to foot; a jump of a twirling rope; a dodge of class; a team captain; a college servant; a bounce of a stone on water; or, a dumpster (4) |
| RUNWAY | An air/landing strip; a catwalk; a log chute; a trail; a stretch of sprint track before a jump or a throw; or, a wild animal's beaten or habitual path (6) |
| CHUTE | A rapid or waterfall; a slide into a swimming-pool; a log flume; or, an informal word for a canopy providing air resistance during a jump (5) |
| BUNNYHOP | A jump forward from a squat, suggestive of a rabbit; or, a bike trick enabling a cyclist to vault over an obstacle without dismounting (5,3) |
| BOUNCE | Imitative word for a heavy blow or thump originally, later a jump, leap or spring; the recoil of an object, such as a ball; bluster, confidence or swagger; a boom; a lie; vitality or zip; or, body and |
| HOP | A spring on one foot over a scotch, a twig or prior to a skip and a jump (3) |
| LEAP | A jump, such as that figuratively made in the dark when taking a chance; or, a group of leopards (4) |
| HALMA | A jump in a Greek pentathlon, hence the name of a game whereby players' "men" jump over opposing pieces (5) |
| TURTLEDOVE | Avian whose second word is a verb meaning "did a jump into the pool": 2 wds. (Theme answer: This answer is an animal with a shell + a major company.) |
| OLLIE | A jump made by stamping on the tail of a skateboard |
| JIFFY | It's a bit doubtful getting a jump start in a moment (5) |
| SANK | Made, as a jump shot |
| POLING | Hitting a horse to clear a jump |
| NEAR | A hop, skip, and a jump away |
| AHOP | ___, a skip and a jump |
| CLOSE | A hop, skip, and a jump away |
| STATIC | - line; cord attaching a novice parachutist's D-Bag to an aircraft enabling automatic deployment during a jump (6) |
| UPSTART | Out of bed with a jump - he's only just made it (7) |
| ABOUNDER | Take a jump with little hesitation. He's a bad lot (1,7) |
