| THUMB | Part of the hand whose placement in an upwards or downwards position, signalling either approval or displeasure, derives from gladiatorial combat (5) |
| STAIR | Step of an up-or-down flight? |
| ARISES | Moves in an upwards direction out of Paris essentially |
| SKYWARD | In an upwards direction (7) |
| LEVER | A bar or board that rests on a support called a fulcrum. A downward force exerted on one end of this tool can be transferred and increased in an upward direction at the other end, allowing a small for |
| NORTHERLY | In an upward direction on the map (9) |
| SWITCHBACK | Substitute defence player in an up and down situation (10) |
| JOUNCED | Moved in an up-and-down manner |
| DOWNWARDS | Not in an up direction |
| GRADE | Word, from "step", for a rung, upwards or downwards in dignity, progression, proficiency, quality, rank, size, value or anything else (5) |
| GLISSANDO | A continuous slide in music upwards or downwards between two notes (9) |
| BACCARAT | Gambling card game, the aim of which is to form a hand whose point value is nearer to nine than the hand of the banker (8) |
| SHEAF | In archery, the part of the hand on which an arrow rests when the bow is grapsed (5) |
| PALM | Inner part of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers (4) |
| COMPASS | Instrument whose four ordinal points are represented by the initials of the four starred entries, which also explains their placement in the grid |
| ROTOR | It provides thrust upwards or downwards |
| DICKENS | Author of Follyfoot, My Turn to Make the Tea and One Pair of Hands, whose great-grandfather founded the periodical All the Year Round (7) |
| INSIDEINFO | *Stock tips, e.g., or a hint to the starred answers' synonyms and their placement in the grid |
| POSITION | Social status or rank; a yogic asana; or, each one of five basic foot or arm placements in ballet (8) |
| FLUSH | In poker and similar games, a hand whose cards all belong to the same suit (5) |
