| SKIDS | The ___ , figurative expression for a downward path (5) |
| FROMBADTOWORSE | How one goes on a downward path? (4,3,2,5) |
| SEAS | Seven ___ (figurative term for all the bodies of water in the world) |
| SOUSE | Pickled pigs' ears, pork or trotters; brine, salt or vinegar; a drenching or ducking; a wash; a sluicing with water; a blow, fall or thump; a drunkard; or, a downward swoop of a hawk (5) |
| 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 |
| IDIOM | Figurative expression such as "over the moon"; or, parlance (5) |
| MINIM | From the Latin for "smallest", a half-note in music; a small creature or being; an apothecaries' measure equal to one drop of water; or, a downward stroke in calligraphy (5) |
| TROPE | Poet managed to get right figurative expression (5) |
| EPOCH | Record Scottish expression for a time (5) |
| PISTE | From the French meaning "track", a downward mountain trail for skiing and snowboarding; or, the term |
| SMILE | Expression for a winning skipper |
| PRONE | Is ready and willing to be in a downward direction (5) |
| YOGAMAT | Spot for a downward dog |
| MAT | Spot for a downward dog |
| RAN | A migration of salmon or other fish upstream; a downward trickle of paint; a track made or used by a particular animal; or, a sprint, such as that when undergoing the punishment of the gauntlet (3) |
| THESKIDS | Downward path (figurative) (3,5) |
| SPRAYCAN | The Reverend's computer cover is a medium of expression for a graffiti artist (5,3) |
| HILLSIDE | Harm self initially, cutting skin - on the downward path here? |
| SINKING | Vice-emperor on the downward path? (7) |
| TOWROPE | Figurative expression about cry of pain that could help with a breakdown (7) |
