| CARBOLICACID | Coach with bad colic sprayed phenol (8,4) |
| HOTCHOCOLATE | Moving to coach with hotel drink (3,9) |
| CARBOLIC | Stink in vehicle licence reduced with phenol (8) |
| NOLESS | Extract of phenol essence indeed! |
| PINHOLE | Phenol I used for the children's made up camera (7) |
| CREOSOL | Coolers used to make phenol (7) |
| RESORCIN | Colourless phenol used in dyeing, photography, and medicine (8) |
| ORCIN | A phenol coin may be about right for (5) |
| BHT | Phenol derivative, initially |
| DEADEND | Doctor added essence of phenol - it got nowhere (4,3) |
| BAKELITE | Plastic made from formaldehyde and phenol (8) |
| ESTER | Phenol compound |
| CRESOL | Methyl phenol |
| ACID | White crystalline compound occurring in numerous plants and prepared commercially from sodium phenol, used in the manufacture of aspirin, fungicides etc. (9,4) |
| SALICYLIC | White crystalline compound occurring in numerous plants and prepared commercially from sodium phenol, used in the manufacture of aspirin, fungicides etc. (9,4) |
| HELPONESELF | Buffet action of phenols that feel toxic? (4,7) |
| PHILJACKSON | Coach with the most NBA championships (11), with the Bulls and Lakers: 2 wds. |
| REDAUERBACH | Coach with the second-most NBA championships (9), with the Celtics: 2 wds. |
| JOHNWOODEN | UCLA basketball coach with a record 10 NCAA titles who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| NOLL | Coach with the most Super Bowl victories |
