| BEARINGOUT | Supporting fight to crush each cartel (7,3) |
| SPARTA | Army supporting fight for ancient city (6) |
| PREFERMENT | Promotion put pressure on soldiers to crush unrest |
| COMPRESSOR | Dot's follower to crush gold with mechanical device (10) |
| REPERTOIRE | Every trick in the book and right weaponry to crush resistance before upcoming riot (10) |
| CRUMPLE | To crush or cause to be crushed so as to form wrinkles. (7) |
| SMOOTH | Word meaning to crush, squash or squish into pulp or a flat shape; or, to paint softly, to create a light finish (6) |
| SQUASH | One's taken to court to crush illegal activity (6,6) |
| USHEROUT | Superior woman to crush and escort to the door (5,3) |
| KASHMIR | Area of conflict to crush Starmer, according to Spooner (7) |
| GRIND | Grid has top notch letter to crush to a powder? (5) |
| SCRUNCH | Odd sect manage to get church to crush it? |
| GARLIC | That's designed to crush Le Monde etc, moving left to right? (6,5) |
| PRESS | That's designed to crush Le Monde etc, moving left to right? (6,5) |
| HAWFINCH | With a large beak powerful enough to crush a cherry or olive stone, a waxwing-like bird related to the evening grosbeak (8) |
| SEPULCHRE | How to crush peel and find a place in which to bury it (9) |
| BRAY | To crush, grind or pound, as with a pestle and mortar; or, to heehaw like a donkey or cry like a mule (4) |
| KILL | Put an end to crush (4) |
| INCUBUS | Nightmare of expecting bear to crush me and you (7) |
| MILLIONAIRE | Rich person to crush island wrath (11) |
