| QUINONE | An aromatic compound used in the manufacture of hydrogen peroxide (7) |
| QUINOID | Resembling an aromatic compound derived from benzene (7) |
| CRESOL | An aromatic compound derived from phenol found in coal tar and creosote |
| ASPIRIN | White crystalline compound used in the form of tablets to relieve pain (7) |
| OXIDANT | I would put out new tax on hydrogen peroxide, say (7) |
| NITRITE | Chemical compound used in the recreational drug known as poppers (4,7) |
| AMMONIA | Colourless pungent gas composed of one atom of nitrogen bonded to three atoms of hydrogen, chiefly used in the manufacture of fertilisers and nitric acid (7) |
| ACETATE | Synthetic compound, first prepared in 1865, used in the manufacture of textile fibres, photographic films, varnishes etc. (9,7) |
| SHELLAC | Yellowish resin secreted by the lac insect used in the manufacture of gramophone records (7) |
| VISCOSE | Orange-brown solution obtained by dissolving cellulose in sodium hydroxide and carbon disulphide, used in the manufacture of rayon (7) |
| STYRENE | Flammable liquid hydrocarbon used in the manufacture of plastic (7) |
| BEESWAX | Hive product used in the manufacture of furniture polish (7) |
| CASSAVA | Tropical plant also called manioc whose root provides a starch used in the manufacture of tapioca (7 |
| ANILINE | A colourless oily pungent poisonous liquid used in the manufacture of dyes, plastics, pharmaceuticals and explosive |
| MAEWEST | Peroxide blonde star of early black-and-white films (3, 4) |
| PIMPLES | Benzoyl peroxide targets |
| BLEACH | Hydrogen peroxide, say, left in sandy area (6) |
| AMYL | Chemical compound used in the recreational drug known as poppers (4,7) |
| ISATIN | A red compound used in the production of dyes (6) |
| BLEACHS | Peroxides |
