| MICROPHOTOGRAPH | This should be reduced in development, but in practice often isn't! (15) |
| PETRI | Hope trite comments will be reduced in lab dish (5) |
| OMSK | Rooms known to be reduced in snowy city |
| DEUCE | Diamond that often isn't that valuable? |
| IMHO | Initialism whose third initial often isn't true |
| FISHERMAN | He's in farm development, but he goes to sea (9) |
| EXPOSED | Ready for development but saw the light (7) |
| NASTILY | List any for development, but not in a nice way (7) |
| ASYOUCATSLIKEIT | *"This should be just right, my furry friends"? |
| SCRAPETHEBARREL | Be reduced to one's last resource (6,3,6) |
| DECREASED | Ordained, when brought in, it should be reduced (9) |
| EXTOL | Highly recommend old road tax should be reduced (5) |
| PLUM | Fat should be reduced slightly -- get fruit (4) |
| NATIONALDEBT | Most agree it should be reduced |
| SWOLLENGLANDS | Mumps symptoms (and technically, this should be "Great Britain," but how often does one get a chance to put this answer in a puzzle?) |
| ONEOFTHESEDAYS | He does often say this should be rebuilt in due course (3,2,5,4) |
| DEPOSED | Document about petty-officers having been reduced in rank (7) |
| DEMOTED | Thanks to some unruly deed, Tom has been reduced in rank |
| ATTENTION | A strain on the ears, but this should be paid (9) |
| INTERIORDESIGN | This should be changed in dingier store (8,6) |
