| GLUON | A type of boson, suitably named for it is the "adhesive" that binds a quark to form a proton or neutron (5) |
| TRUSS | Twist that binds a chicken, bundles hay or holds a yard to a mainstay (5) |
| NUCLEON | General name for a proton or neutron (7) |
| CHARGE | Quality of a proton or electron |
| LADYBIRD | One of a loveliness of scarlet- or cochineal-red beetles with black spots, named for a revered title of the Virgin Mary, for it is considered a blessed messenger or gift sent to protect gardens and fa |
| BAKEAPPLE | An apricot-, orange- or peach-coloured bramble or noop that is also called a cloudberry, for it is found growing at high altitude in mountainous regions of the Nordic countryside, up in the nubes (9) |
| TRIFLE | Layered pudding of cream, custard, jelly and sponge cake whose name, meaning "thing of little significance", is apt, for it is of little consequence to make and very easy to eat (6) |
| MESONIC | Any of a family of subatomic particles that are made of a quark and an antiquark (adj.). |
| NINETY | Represented in Roman numerals as XC, the number of protons or electrons in a thorium atom or the num |
| NITS | By the sound of it, binds a possible reason for irritation? (4) |
| LIGAMENT | It binds a melting form of it (8) |
| MEETING | The record for it is likely to be a matter of minutes (7) |
| LINT | Short word for flax oil-based stuff mainly used for covering floors but also for block printing, for it is both soft to cut and durable/tough (4) |
| MESON | Subatomic particle intermediate in mass between an electron and a proton, typically composed of a quark and an antiquark (5) |
| PLAIN | For it is ___ as anyone can see. We're simply meant to be romantic words from The Nightmare Before Christmas |
| BED | Article of furniture that has a room named for it |
| MEMO | One may be written on the type of pad named for it |
| GOAT | Animal with a type of facial hair named for it |
| MASSPRODUCED | Made a lot of the effect of the Higgs boson |
| PHYSICS | The Higgs boson is a term to do with this branch of science (7) |
