| INDOL | A compound extracted from coal tar and used in perfumery and medicine (5) |
| MYRRH | Aromatic resin used in perfumery and medicine |
| CRESOL | An aromatic compound derived from phenol found in coal tar and creosote |
| TOLU | Fragrant brown balsam used in perfumery and medicine (4) |
| MYRHH | Fragrant gum resin obtained from certain trees and used in perfumery and incense (5) |
| ATTAR | Essential oil derived from roses and used in perfumery |
| GAS | Airlike substances found naturally or extracted from coal and used as domestic or industrial fuel |
| LADANUM | Gum resin obtained from rock roses and used in perfumery (7) |
| USEFUL | Convenient American energy extracted from coal, say, and sent North (6) |
| ORRIS | Rhizome of an iris, used in perfumery and to flavour gin (5) |
| HERBS | Pounded with a pestle or chopped with a mezzaluna, any of various fragrant plants from angelica to zedoary, used in cookery, perfumery and skin care (5) |
| XYLYL | Wood-related isomer derived from coal tar used to make tear gas and dyes (and a *terrible* word to open with) |
| YEAST | Type of single-celled fungus used in brewing beer, baking and medicine (5) |
| CORAL | Hoylake band, The ___, whose album, Magic And Medicine, topped the charts in 2003 (5) |
| HYSSOP | Mint with aromatic and pungent leaves used in perfumery and as a seasoning in cookery. (6) |
| ACTED | Trained in computer science and medicine (5) |
| IRIS | With a rootstock known as orris used in perfumery and to flavour gin, a flower depicted in paintings |
| CAIRN | Majorville ___ and Medicine Wheel (Alberta's stone marker archaeological site) |
| ROSEWATER | Flower-scented liquid used in perfumery and cooking (4,5) |
| NEROLI | Yellow oil found in orange flowers, used in perfumery and flavouring (6) |
