| DROPPERS | Pipettes; or, gun dogs that sink to the ground on sighting game (8) |
| DREGS | Solid particles in liquids such as wine and coffee that sink to the bottom (5) |
| DOWNFALLS | As a result of catastrophes, a mass of feathers sinks to the ground (9) |
| POINTER | Indicator or gun-dog (7) |
| POINTERS | Gun dogs that signal on discovering game; rods for indicating on blackboards; or, helpful hints (8) |
| BULB | From the Greek for "onion", a globular stem of a plant such as the aforesaid or the daffodil; or, an item in this shape, such as the rubber part of a pipette or bicycle horn (4) |
| RETRIEVER | One of a breed of large gun dogs that can be trained to recover game (9) |
| APPARATUS | Piece of laboratory equipment such as a test tube, pipette or beaker (9) |
| LABRADOR | Black, chocolate or yellow, a breed of gun dog that originates from Newfoundland (8) |
| LIGHTERS | Boats less substantial beginning to sink to the bottom |
| HELSINKI | City's removing 50% of helipads: let that sink in (8) |
| SEDIMENT | It sinks to the bottom when fellows are caught in ebb-tides (8) |
| SETTLERS | Pioneers hold gun dogs around the tail end (8) |
| QUAGMIRE | Soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot (8) |
| SPANIELS | Gun dogs with breeds such as Welsh springer, English cocker, clumber and King Charles (8) |
| APPETITE | Desire to sup from a pipette? |
| TESTTUBE | Kin of a pipette |
| TALLYHO | A hunter's view-halloo to the hounds on sighting a fox; RAF slang, adopted from said tantivy, to mean "target sighted"; or, another name for a coach-and-four (5-2) |
| TAXI | To cause an aircraft to move along the ground on its power (4) |
| HIGHMOUNTAIN | Far above the ground on Lugnaquilla and Carrauntoohil (4,8) |
