| AQUAREGIA | A yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals, including gold |
| REGIA | Aqua ---: mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids that dissolves gold or platinum |
| SELENIC | Kind of acid that dissolves gold |
| ACID | It dissolves metal |
| PLATINA | Alloy of platinum and other metals, including osmium and iridium (7) |
| PAGAN | Having no faith in search for metals, including silver (5) |
| OPTION | Choice work with metal including a bit of osmium (6) |
| AQUA | Yellow corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid used to dissolve metals (4,5) |
| ACIDRAIN | Precipitation which contains high levels of nitric and sulphuric acid (4,4) |
| NITRIC | ___ acid (compound that mixes with hydrochloric acid to form aqua regia) |
| NITRATE | Any salt or ester of nitric acid, including saltpetre, guncotton etc. (7) |
| NITRATES | What do we call salts or esters of nitric acid (8) |
| CHLORIDE | Any salt of hydrochloric acid (8) |
| MURIATIC | ___ acid (old name for hydrochloric acid) |
| JUICE | Thin clear fluid secreted by the stomach to aid digestion, containing hydrochloric acid, pepsin etc. (5) |
| ALKALI | Chemistry: a base that dissolves in water, turns litmus blue (6) |
| ENZYMES | Prey that is caught is mashed up and bathed in ___ that dissolve the prey's insides |
| IONS | Hydrochloric acid, when added to water |
| HCL | What is the formula for hydrochloric acid? (1,1,1) |
| ACIDS | Corrosive fluids such as hydrochloric or nitric |
