| LIFEHACK | Trick to increase one's efficiency, in modern lingo |
| EGOTRIP | Activity done in order to increase one's sense of self-importance (3,4) |
| PLAYHARDTOGET | Act coy, hoping to increase one's appeal (4,4,2,3) |
| OVERTIME | During that period, had to increase one's working hours (8) |
| ASKINGFORARAISE | Trying to increase one's salary |
| EGOTRIPS | Things done to increase one's sense of selfimportance (3,5) |
| FATTENING | Likely to increase one's weight (9) |
| POWERPOSE | Stance purported to increase one's confidence |
| STACK | Arrange the order of a deck of cards so as to increase one's chances (5) |
| STILT | Dialect for a crutch or a plough handle; either of a pair of poles worn to increase one's height; one of a set of posts for raising a building above the water; or, a long-legged wader (5) |
| DESIRABLY | Dries out with efficiency in the preferred way (9) |
| DETUNING | United's distribution's useless, cutting efficiency "in the engine room" (8) |
| ERGONOMIC | Concerned with efficiency in crime? Go on, criminal! |
| TIMEANDMOTION | Study of efficiency in the workplace (4,3,6) |
| SAVESTIME | Improves efficiency, in a way |
| OUTDOOR | Better work on industrial efficiency in the field? |
| EXPEDITER | One ensures speed and efficiency in a business (9) |
| SWEETENTHEPOT | Increase one's offer, as in negotiations |
| REMODEL | Increase one's home's value, in a way |
| WIDEN | Increase one dimension of study in Mayfair? |
