| WEARANDTEAR | A form of depreciation which occurs through normal usage and aging (4,3,4) |
| STYLE | guide; manual listing a publishers in-house rules/standards on grammar, language, usage and typography (5) |
| THEPENNYDROPS | Realise the effect of depreciation? (3,5,5) |
| WEAR | Cause of depreciation |
| PLANURY | Reverse flow in freedom of movement, not going through normal channels |
| ANNIE | Girl capturing the hearts of infants, juveniles and aging men |
| NEOPRENE | Synthetic rubber invented by US scientists in 1930, resistant to oil, heat and aging (8) |
| TARTRATES | The harmless crystalline deposits that separate from wines during fermentation and aging |
| DEFAMATIONS | Depreciations |
| FIREDAMP | Mixture of gases, chiefly methane, which occurs from the decomposition of coal (8) |
| BETACAROTENE | A pigment which occurs in plants and fruits (12) |
| INDOOR | Which term describes that which occurs in a house (6) |
| CATKIN | Hanging spike of reduced flowers which occurs in the birch and hazel tree (6) |
| SOLAR | Type of eclipse which occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun (5) |
| FOEHN | Dry, warm wind which occurs on the downwind side of a mountain range, especially the Alps (5) |
| TYPHOON | Type of tropical storm which occurs in the western Pacific. (7) |
| BORAX | White compound which occurs as a mineral in some alkaline salt deposits (5) |
| REALGAR | Orange-red soft mineral which occurs in Utah and Romania (7) |
| ASPHALT | Black semisolid substance which occurs as a residue from petroleum distillation (7) |
| RHENIUM | Rare metallic element which occurs in the ores of molybdenum (7) |
