| MIDAS | Alchemist of myth |
| PAULOCOELHO | Best-selling author of "The Alchemist" whose books, per one critic, "anesthetiz[e] . . . through the consoling reaffirmation of conventions" |
| SYLPH | Spirit of the air, as originating in the system of Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus (c. 1493-1541) (5) |
| UPTOONESGOLDTRICKS | What the alchemist was accused of being? |
| PAULO | ___ Coelho novelist of The Alchemist |
| COELHO | Brazilian author Paulo of "The Alchemist" |
| OASIS | Place of refuge in "The Alchemist" |
| BENJONSON | Author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 (3,6) |
| JONSON | Ben ?, author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 (6) |
| PARACELSUS | Fool's written up translation of secular parts for alchemist (10) |
| WRIGHT | Joseph - of Derby; artist whose paintings include The Blacksmith's Shop, The Orrery and The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus (6) |
| FINAL | It's the end of the belief in alchemist (5) |
| ASHMOLE | Antiquary, politician, astrologer, alchemist and early Freemason whose collection formed the basis of Oxford's first public museum (7) |
| LUNA | Charioteer Roman goddess of the Moon; or, alchemist's silver (4) |
| LEAD | Very malleable, ductile, and dense metal that is a poor conductor of electricity. Known in antiquity and believed by the alchemists to be the oldest of metals. Highly durable and resistant to corrosio |
| ATHANOR | An alchemist's furnace fuelled by an eternal fire for the digestion or transmutation of matter (7) |
| SPRAY | Alchemist's lead covered in active particles of liquid (5) |
| MANINTHETINMASK | Alchemist rewrites Alexandre Dumas classic (with 'The') |
| DAVIDGOLDFIELD | Alchemist rewrites Charles Dickens classic |
| PLATINUMFINGER | Alchemist rewrites Ian Fleming classic |
