| DECREASES | Makes less, as can be seen in the orders (9) |
| COMMUTE | Make less as a judge (8) |
| DAME | From the Latin for "mistress of the household", word for a female ruler in its earliest sense, now a title given to a woman with the rank of Knight Commander or a holder of the Grand Cross in the orde |
| GETSABOUT | Earns, more or less, as one travels (4,5) |
| COMMANDER | One hoping to be captain, who's already giving the orders? |
| DEHORTERS | They'd put off the orders put out |
| MISTLETOE | Plants in the order Santalales, often associated with Christmas (9) |
| EBENACEAE | Family of flowering plants in the order Ericales which includes persimmon (9) |
| ARMADILLO | New World placental mammal in the order Cingulata (9) |
| DICKSONIA | Genus of tree ferns in the order cyatheales (9) |
| VICEVERSA | Failing with wild raves when the order's changed (4,5) |
| UNTO | Discount offer, as far as can be seen from the inside (4) |
| OBSERVABLE | Bowled in wayward overs - bowled when in drink, as can be seen |
| HIERARCHY | Elevated growth rate of Covid-19 is key, reportedly, in the order of things (9) |
| BRAZILNUT | South American tree in the order Ericales, or its large, edible seeds (6,3) |
| FLEABITES | Marks left by a parasitic insect in the order Siphonaptera (4, 5) |
| DIQUAT | Herbicide as can be seen obliterating radius in soil |
| APPARENTLY | As far as can be seen (10) |
| READINGROOM | Location of Gaol on rolling heath, as can be seen in library |
| OUTWARD | As can be seen, dismissed for a drawback! (7) |
