| EXCISION | The action or process of cutting out a part of the body (8) |
| STEM | Cook cutting out a part of vegetable? (4) |
| ADHESION | Force of attraction between two dissimilar molecules/substances; or, the action or process of sticking (8) |
| HEDDLING | Process of cutting, lopping, pruning etc in the rural skill of hedge-laying (8) |
| CARVING | The act or art of sculpture in ivory, stone, wood etc; the dendroglyph, figure or form created; the process of cutting up roasted meat at a table; or, a technique of turning in skiing (7) |
| NICTATION | Technical term for the action or process of blinking (9) |
| FILTRATION | The action or process in which solid particles in a liquid are removed through a porous medium (10) |
| PERICOPE | From "a cutting-out", a clipping or extract, particularly a passage from the Bible for reading in church (8) |
| CHAPTERS | Fellow tears out a part of book (8) |
| IMITATOR | One who copies the action or behaviour of others (8) |
| IGNITION | Word for the act or process of lighting a fire or for activating combustion in an IC engine (8) |
| HEADGEAR | Be told about saw cutting out a hat |
| RECOVERY | Act or process of "getting back" one's health, wealth or other thing (8) |
| INTAGLIO | The art or process of incised carving (8) |
| ROLEPLAY | Acting out a part |
| TURNING | Word for a bend, crossroads, curve or junction; the shaping of a vase or other crock in pottery; or, the action or skill of using a lathe (7) |
| WASTAGE | Action or process of losing or destroying something by using it extravagantly (7) |
| INLAY | Printed card or booklet attached to the case of a CD, DVD or cassette; or, the technique or process of boulle or marquetry (5) |
| CONTESTATIONS | Action or process of disputing or arguing (13) |
| NARRATION | Action or process of telling a story (9) |
