Crossword Clue:

A toothlike notch

Answer	Crossword Clue
DENT	Toothlike notch.
INDENT	Make a notch
UPPED	Raised a notch

ITUP	Kick -- a notch
ELEVATE	Kick up a notch
DEMEAN	Take down a notch
NOCK	Notch in a bow.
DEMOTE	Knock down a notch
TONE	... it down a notch
WARD	Notch on a latchkey.
DEMOTES	Bumps down a notch

NOCK	Notch in a bow
ABASES	Takes down a notch
DEGRADED	Kicked down a notch
ABASE	Bring down a notch
MORTISE	Notch in a rafter.
ABASE	Take down a notch
DEMOTED	Taken down a notch
DEMOTE	Take down a notch

WARD	Notch in a key.
ABASE	Knock down a notch
DEMOTED	Taken down a notch?
VEE	Shape of a notch
RABBET	Notch cut into a board
LIVENS	Kicks it up a notch
SLAPUP	Top-notch, to a Brit
ITUP	"Kick ... a notch!" (Emeril exclamation)

KERF	Notch made by a saw.
NOCK	Notch in a bow: Archery.
KERF	Notch made by a saw
LAGASSE	"Kick it up a notch!" chef
RABBET	Notch or groove in a board
BAM	"Kick it up a notch" exclamation
EMERIL	"Kick it up a notch!" chef
EMERIL	"Kick it up a notch" TV chef

WARD	Notch in the bit of a key.
EMERIL	Chef known to "kick it up a notch"
BAM	Word used with "kick it up a notch"
EMERIL	Chef who regularly "kicks it up a notch"
LAGASSE	Chef with the catchphrase "Kick it up a notch"