| FLATIRON | When it got hot, this used to decrease |
| SPRAINED | Betting it was wet when it got twisted (8) |
| JETTISON | Squirt like this used to fill metal bin |
| BECHAMEL | Sauce got hot inside close to grill |
| CHAINSAW | China was broken by this, used as a weapon (5,3) |
| BEFALLEN | Had been about to decrease, as it happened (8) |
| FISHHOEK | Snotslang, for instance, got hot with deurmekaar oke in Cape town (4,4) |
| ANNEALED | Got hot, then cooled off |
| AUTOMATE | One way to decrease the work force (8) |
| DIMINISH | To decrease or lessen (8) |
| PUTONWEIGHT | Somehow got up when it got bigger (3,2,6) |
| EYETEETH | Sounds like IT got cash finally ___ they're sharp (8) |
| ETHER | This used to put you to sleep |
| ILFRACOMBE | My mobile and four cufflinks were in my car when it got broken into while I was visiting this resort on the North Devon coast (10) |
| BEANBAGS | Has-been, by the sound of it, got sack on the first of September when they made bulky, shapeless seats |
| ARTISTRY | It got arranged with starry creative skill |
| BOYS | This used to be done to fill the choir, one hears, but these are church servers (5,4) |
| ALTAR | This used to be done to fill the choir, one hears, but these are church servers (5,4) |
| EPOXYRESIN | This used to surface, rotten, in prelapsarian setting? |
| PHANTOM | Was this used to fashion Daniel Day-lewis' final film role? (7,6) |
