| TIDYING | Mist occasionally rising, then fading and clearing up |
| COLLIDE | Crash in bed, ill - occasionally rising (7) |
| REARRANGING | Bring up lining and clearing up (11) |
| DOING | Preparing food and clearing up afterwards (5,3,6) |
| THEDISHES | Preparing food and clearing up afterwards (5,3,6) |
| DYEING | Adding colour, then fading, say (6) |
| NOVAE | Stars suddenly brighter, then fading (5) |
| TIDAL | Young man with charisma rising and rising, then falling (5) |
| RESOLVING | Making up one's mind and clearing the matter up (9) |
| NIAGARA | A river once more is rising - then falls |
| BARGAINBASEMENT | Interest rising then lowering keeps home cheap (7-8) |
| DUSK | Word, related to "brown, dark, dun, misty, swarthy", for the fading and often beautiful owl-light or gloaming that bridges the gap between day and nightfall (4) |
| CASINO | Place to see fading and folding |
| DYING | Fading and dingy; thrown out |
| GLADE | Boy enters sides of grove and clearing (5) |
| GUTTERS | Channels for the collection and clearing of rainwater. (7) |
| BULLDOZER | Machine for levelling and clearing (9) |
| ECOCIDAL | Like oil spills and clearing of rain forests |
| MINESWEEPING | Detecting and clearing explosives in the sea (12) |
| RAKING | Stopping first off and clearing leaves? (6) |
