| TEREBINTH | A small southern European tree yielding resin formerly used as a source of turpentine |
| ASPA | Small southern European vipers (4) |
| ASPS | Small southern European vipers (4) |
| CORKOAK | The southern European tree Quercus suber (4,3) |
| BALSAMIC | Mike goes after kind of wood yielding resin (8) |
| ASSAILANT | One attacking a small southern tree of heaven endlessly |
| NORMA | The Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara. (5) |
| STEELMAGNOLIAS | 1989 film set in a small Southern town |
| AMMONIAC | Strong-smelling plant-stem gum resin, formerly used in medicine as a stimulant. |
| SPINDLE | The ___ tree, Euonymus europaeus, of Europe and W. Asia yields a hard wood formerly used as a compon |
| BLUBBER | Thick layer of fatty tissue below the skin of a whale used as a source of oil |
| LAMPION | Small oil lamp with a coloured glass chimney formerly used as a carriage light. (7) |
| OPOPANAX | Strong smelling gum resin, formerly used for medicinal purposes (8) |
| ROSIN | Hard translucent resin obtained by distillation of oil of turpentine, also known as colophony and Greek pitch (5) |
| VERJUICE | Often prepared by a vigneron, the tart green extract of unripe crab-apples, grapes or other fruit, used as a source of sourness in medieval kitchens and in cookery today (8) |
| REALGAR | Soft orange-red mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide, formerly used as a rodenticide and in fireworks (7) |
| ORPIMENT | Bright yellow mineral consisting of arsenic trisulphide, formerly used as a dye and artist's pigment (8) |
| POSSET | What spiced drink of hot milk curdled with beer was formerly used as a remedy for colds? (6) |
| EUSOL | Solution of chlorinated lime and boric acid formerly used as a general antiseptic (5) |
| ROSEHIP | Fruit of the rose plant used as a source of Vitamin C |
