- DECLAW
- Render harmless, perhaps
- Perform a controversial veterinary operation on
- Scratch out?
- Un-nail?
- Make less threatening, in a way
- Render harmless, in a way
- Make safe, as a cat
- Render unable to scratch
- Do a vet's job
- Remove talons from
- Make unable to scratch
- Make safe
- Render harmless, perhaps, to 26-Across's kin
- Make less threatening
- Remove the nails from, as a cat
- *Remove nails from
- Make furniture-safe, in a way
- Make less dangerous, in a way
- Render harmless, so to speak
- Remove scratchers
- Make less threatening, as a cat
- Render harmless
- Keep from scratching
- Make harmless
