| DETERMINE | Make a decision to discourage colliery (9) |
| DETERMINING | Making a decision to discourage a dying industry |
| ARBITRATE | Make a decision to bar it changing speed |
| OPT | Make a decision (to) |
| OPTS | Makes a decision to stop out |
| RATIONALE | Reason for a decision to limit beer? (9) |
| TEMPORISE | Avoid making a decision to buy time (9) |
| SLEEPONIT | What to do with a King? Presumably, make a decision after a night out! (5,2,2) |
| HESITATED | Engineer hated site, was reluctant to make a decision (9) |
| ONTHESPOT | Where to put pimple cream when under pressure to make a decision (2,3,4) |
| FLIPACOIN | One way to make a decision |
| DETERGENT | Cleaner has to discourage well-mannered man (9) |
| DETERRENT | It acts to discourage (9) |
| CHILDLIKE | Innocent Democrat inducted to discourage Eisenhower |
| BABYSHARK | In 2019, West Palm Beach, Fla., began playing this song all night at its beachfront to discourage sleepers |
| SETTLE | Come to a decision to acquire a long, highbacked bench (6) |
| CALLITADAY | A City lad stupidly consuming endless drink has to announce a decision to stop (4,2,1,3) |
| NOTRESOLVING | Failing to make a decision or find a solution to a problem (3,9) |
| DETERMINES | Comes to a decision to ward off those attracting gold diggers (10) |
| LEFTINTHEAIR | Wouldn't give a decision to but didn't allow to land (4,2,3,3) |
