| BALEEN | Been collecting aluminium and whalebone... (6) |
| AARON | He discovered that his daughter's mother, Nicolette, had been collecting evidence against him in Neighbours (5,7) |
| BRENNAN | He discovered that his daughter's mother, Nicolette, had been collecting evidence against him in Neighbours (5,7) |
| RAKING | Inclining to be collecting leaves (6) |
| SANDAL | Rub over aluminium and wood (6) |
| ALKALI | Compound of aluminium and potassium and initially lithium |
| METALS | General name for the elements forming part of Earth's crust including aluminium and iron (6) |
| WOHLER | Friedrich ___ (1800-82), German chemist who was the first to isolate aluminium and to synthesise urea, in 1827-8 (6) |
| TALCUM | Mineral of thulium also containing aluminium and copper |
| BODICE | An upper-body garment, quilted and strengthened with whalebone, worn chiefly by women (6) |
| CORSET | Whalebone garment (6) |
| ATTIC | Place where "Antiques Roadshow" finds might be collecting dust |
| VHS | Initials that may be collecting dust in your TV room |
| MANY | I'll be collecting unloaded auction lots (4) |
| SIDESMEN | Team's players -- they may be collecting money on Sunday (8) |
| ELEMENTS | Steel men processing aluminium and silicon (8) |
| VIALS | Six aluminium and sulphur containers |
| GALLIUM | Metal cement holds both aluminium and lithium |
| ALP | Aluminium and phosphorous mount (3) |
| METAL | Came across aluminium, and titanium, for example (5) |
