| FORMULAS | Methods or procedures for achieving something |
| FORMULA | Procedure for achieving something |
| TACTICS | A plan or procedure for achieving a desired end (7) |
| TACTIC | What is a plan or procedure for achieving a desired end (6) |
| SYSTS | Methods or procedures, briefly |
| CODIFY | Organise (laws or procedures) into a system |
| WAYSANDMEANS | Resources for achieving something (4,3,5) |
| PLANS | Detailed proposals for achieving something (5) |
| REGIME | A system of government or rule, especially when authoritarian; or, an orderly method or procedure (6) |
| ROUTINE | Unvarying method or procedure (7) |
| ELIXIR | From "desiccative powder for wounds" and "dry" , an alchemical preparation or philosopher's stone for achieving immortality or transmuting base metals into gold; or, a panacea, panpharmacon or potion |
| SYSTEMS | Formulated, regular, or special methods or plans of procedures. (7) |
| FORMULAE | Methods or rules for successful procedures |
| ASPIRATION | Hope or ambition of achieving something (10) |
| QUACKERY | The methods or practices of people who dishonestly claim medical or surgical skill (8) |
| USUAL | Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure. |
| ROUTE | A course, flight path, road or way; or, any regularly travelled journey, hence a similar word for an unvarying or regular round or procedure (5) |
| WAYS | Methods or routes |
| STRATEGIES | Methods or plans (10) |
| HALFTHEBATTLE | Short drink with tense male, struggle or key step in achieving something? (4,3,6) |
