| SWELLING | Coming up with an excellent distillation of gin (8) |
| JUNIPER | Berry added for flavouring in the distillation of gin (7) |
| ABSURD | Graduate coming up with an ancient city in southern Germany? Ridiculous (6) |
| KEROSENE | A paraffin oil obtained by the distillation of petroleum (8) |
| GARDENIA | Plant providing the horticultural place with an excellent return (8) |
| CREOSOTE | What oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar is used in preserving wood? (8) |
| POTSTILL | Compulsory apparatus in the distillation of cognac |
| CAPITALL | Finish off with an excellent left (3,2,3) |
| PITCH | Sticky black distillation of tar; a quality that allows one to classify a sound as high or low; or, an area of ground for a sports game/match |
| TAR | A sailor's nickname that is an abbreviation of a word for waterproof cloth; or, from "tree", a dark piceous distillation of coal or wood (3) |
| COALTAR | Thick black product of the distillation of solid fuel |
| STATISTICAL | Distillation of Attica's list of facts (11) |
| RETORT | A glass device used for distillation or dry distillation of substances |
| CREOSOTING | Treating with the distillation of wood-tar (10) |
| CUCURBIT | Chemical vessel used in distillation (8) |
| NAPHTHALENE | Volatile white crystalline compound obtained by distillation of coal tar, used in mothballs and in the manufacture of dyes, explosives etc. (11) |
| ROSIN | Hard translucent resin obtained by distillation of oil of turpentine, also known as colophony and Greek pitch (5) |
| READYRETORT | Is it prepared to give a distillation of a quick answer? (5,6) |
| YEAR | It's a time for a distillation of rye! (4) |
| BENZINE | Name a colourless, flammable liquid obtained in the distillation of petroleum (7) |
