| INVERSION | Reversal of the normal decrease of air temperature with altitude |
| ANASTROPHE | In rhetoric, the reversal of the normal word order (10) |
| EXALT | Former spouse, with altitude, will fill one with joy of success (5) |
| HIGHT | Named (archaic/literary); rhymes with altitude |
| RALLENTANDO | Musical performance direction indicating a gradual decrease of speed; from the Italian, 'to slow down' (11) |
| RITENUTO | Decrease of tempo, in music |
| GOLD | Precious metal whose rate today on MCX opened at Rs 92,965/10 grams, showing a decrease of Rs 332 or 0.36%. (4) |
| WINDCHILLFACTOR | The decrease in air temperature felt by a body on exposed skin due to the flow of air (4,5,6) |
| CHIASMI | Reversal of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases. (7) |
| GLOBALWARMING | Phenomenon associated with the production of carbon dioxide and other activities that has resulted in the increase of average air temperatures near Earth's surface over the past one to two centuries. |
| ARRHYTHMIA | Disturbance of the normal rhythm of the heart (10) |
| DOWNTURN | Reversal of the good times that the global economy suffered in 2008 |
| BACKSLANG | Argot involving the reversal of the letters in words |
| CHIASMUS | Reversal of the second of two parallel phrases |
| EXTREME | At the outer edges of the normal curve |
| HAEMOPHILIA | Inheritable disease characterized by loss of the normal clotting ability of blood (11) |
| HIV | Subj. at the center of "The Normal Heart" |
| ECTOPIC | Of a pregnancy, out of the normal position (7) |
| PHYSIOLOGY | Scientific study of the normal functioning of organisms (10) |
| NOBLE | Reversal of the Spanish and French. Good Lord! (5) |
