| STEWARDSHIP | The conducting, supervising, or managing of something; especially the careful and responsible management of something entrusted |
| GUNNERY | The science or managing of artillery (7) |
| ENURES | Accustoms a person to something, especially the unpleasant |
| CONDUCT | To direct the performance and tempo of an orchestra or a choir; the act of guiding, leading or managing generally; or, the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself (7) |
| MICRO | Prefix for brewery or managing |
| CIRRUS | From "curl, lock of hair", word for the wispy white or feathery clouds or "mare's tails" of frozen crystals forming at high altitude and responsible for halos around the Sun or the Moon; or, in botany |
| CREEP | Word for the careful, gradual or prone crawl or inch of something such as a bug, crocodile, fog, spider or Virginia vine; a sheep hole, meuse or smeuse; or, a fawning sneak (5) |
| STATURE | The height of something, especially a person or animal when standing (7) |
| RESIZE | To alter the specifications of something, especially a computer window or image (6) |
| EMISSION | The discharge of something, especially gas or radiation (8) |
| ONSET | The beginning of something, especially something unpleasant (5) |
| ORDERER | One who requests the supply of something, especially food (7) |
| REAM | A large quantity of something, especially paper or writing (4) |
| AUTHOR | A creator, inventor or originator of something, especially a book (6) |
| TAILINGS | Residues of something, especially ore (8) |
| TRANCHES | Portions of something, especially money (8) |
| TRANCHE | A portion of something (especially money) (7) |
| HAND | A large piece of something, especially food (4) |
| ECONOMY | The careful management of resources to avoid unnecessary expenditure (7) |
| EXPLORER | The careful study of a subject to find unknown areas. |
