| FOUNDATION | Wandering in and out of base |
| REEXAMINED | Looked over and out of base dressed in red (2-8) |
| ALCHEMY | Which ancient practice sought to make gold out of base metals? (7) |
| ALKALINITY | The amount of base in a solution, often expressed in terms of pH (10) |
| ISA | And 8 Life ___, No 5 hit for Ace of Base in 1998 (2,1,6) |
| ESTEELAUDER | Dregs of base metal, gold and scarlet in reflection, colouring queen? (5,6) |
| EUREKA | From "I have found", Archimedes' legendary triumphant cry on discovering the means of determining by specific gravity the proportion of base metal in Hiero's golden crown, hence a word for a brilliant |
| EUROPOP | Style of music attributed to ABBA, Roxette and Ace of Base among others |
| ALLTHATSHEWANTS | Ace of Base #2 song of 1993 |
| KILOWATTS | Power of base article in sanctified island (9) |
| LOLA | Sound of base note in Kinks hit (4) |
| LITMUS | Indicator of base books with lots of mawkishness (6) |
| SPLINTS | Supports forming most of base in ship (7) |
| HOMAGE | Removing the centre of base website in deference (6) |
| BLOWPIPE | Sunken spot in outskirts of base for missile launcher (8) |
| DECIMAL | Of base ten, as in currency (7) |
| ASIDES | Private comments from team in middle of base (6) |
| STABLE | Steady and least shaky around top of base (6) |
| THESIGN | Smash song and album for Ace of Base |
| APOLOGISE | Eat one's words in a car with soldiers going to end of base (9) |
