| FOOTFALL | Settle for drop in customer numbers (8) |
| LEAKAGE | Reason for drop in level of eg a lake possibly (7) |
| TEARJERKER | Reason for drops in movie attendees? |
| SOUPCONS | From the French for "suspicions", a word for drops, hints, traces or other slight but appreciable amounts (8) |
| FOOTWEAR | Settle for discussion in which place? Oxford maybe (8) |
| ENSCONCE | Settle for section in Beethoven's concerto (8) |
| COLONIST | This one would settle for another's land. (8) |
| ELECTRIC | Settle for brick interior with mains power (8) |
| SQUAREUP | To settle for example an account or bill (6,2) |
| HARDROCK | "But I'll settle for a table at the ___ Cafe. B'bye!" |
| DONEDEAL | So, we have an understanding , with the French dead on to settle for it. (4,4) |
| SEDATING | Settles, for example, around Democrat, keeping calm |
| GUTTA | From the Latin for "drop", one of a series of pendent ornaments in the architrave of a Doric entablature; or, derived from the latex of a tropical plant, a "resist" used in silk painting |
| AFTERCARE | Fat career carved out in customer support (9) |
| MERCER | Dealer in customer cereals (6) |
| CALLCENTRE | Visit recent assembly in customer service venue (4,6) |
| LOYALTY | Card used in customer incentive scheme (7) |
| JDPOWER | Big name in customer satisfaction surveys |
| EVERY | "I believe for ... drop of rain that falls, a flower grows; I believe that somewhere in the darkest |
| GIRDLE | A ceinture, cincture, cingulum, elastic corset or sash; anything that encircles, like one such waistbelt; or, dialect for a bakestone/iron plate, for drop scones or Scotch pancakes (6) |
