Solve the Puzzle: Cracking the Code to ‘Minus’ Crossword Clue

1. Not as much as
2. Decreased by
3. Subtracted by
4. Reduced by
5. Diminished by
6. Taking away
7. Without
8. Without the use of
9. Excluding
10. Short of
11. Not including
12. Lower than
13. Under
14. Inferior to
15. Inferior by a margin of