| SNAG | A difficulty with tin and silver |
| TANTALISE | Converted a Tesla with tin and lead on (9) |
| DYSLEXIA | Idly axes composition, having a difficulty with words (8) |
| TINKER | Mess about with tin and potassium to the bitter end |
| ARUBA | A difficulty with one West Indian island (5) |
| EARHOLE | Fear missing overture - a difficulty with where the music gets in? (3-4) |
| COPPER | In ancient Mesopotamia this metal was combined with tin to make bronze. It was frequently cast to shape in molds, and it was reduced to its metal form from ores with fire and charcoal. |
| GETSOVER | Makes a recovery and surmounts a difficulty (4,4) |
| JAMAICAN | Islander makes preserve with tin holding a hint of it |
| STAR | Word with tin, silver, or gold |
| OVERTHEHUMP | Past a difficulty like a driver that's crossed a bridge? (4,3,4) |
| NETTLE | With the Latin name Urtica, meaning "burn, sting", a papilio-attracting urticant plant whose figurative grasping is metaphorical for boldly tackling a difficulty (6) |
| COPE | Deal effectively (with a difficulty) |
| NODE | A protuberance becomes a difficulty |
| GRASPTHENETTLE | Tackle a difficulty and get stung (5,3,6) |
| JAM | A fruit preserve or a difficulty |
| ASTHMA | A respiratory disorder characterised by a difficulty in breathing (6) |
| STANNARYCOURTS | Former legal bodies concerned with tin mining in Devon and Cornwall |
| ARMAGNAC | Male in a fund-raising event with tin knocked back drink |
| BRASS | Originally, any alloy of copper with tin or zinc, now an alloy of copper and zinc only (5) |
