| SLAKEDLIME | Common name for calcium hydroxide, used in the food industry as additive E526 (6,4) |
| TARTARIC | ? acid, substance found in grapes used in the food industry as an antioxidant |
| CAUSTICSODA | Alternative name for sodium hydroxide, used in the manufacture of soap, paper, detergents etc. (7,4) |
| CHALK | Common name for calcium carbonate (5) |
| CORNISHPASTY | Cereal is preferred initially as additive for fast food |
| QUICKLIME | Another name for calcium oxide (9) |
| HOURHANDBILL | Act of Congress deemed by the clock-making industry as excessive regulation? |
| TRAGACANTH | Reddish plant gum used in the food and textile industries (10) |
| VANILLA | Orchid whose seed pods are used in the food industry |
| YEAST | Fungus used in the food industry (5) |
| SLAKADLIME | Calcium hydroxide, familiarly |
| SNOOD | Hair covering in the food industry |
| INGREDIENT | Diner eating disturbed when removing article that's in the food |
| ADULTERATE | Grown-up curry eater put something in the food (10) |
| BISCUITTIN | Cookie has money in the food container (7,3) |
| CAUSTIC | ____ soda, another name for sodium hydroxide used in making soap (7) |
| TRANS | Kind of fats that the FDA wants the food industry to eliminate by 2018 |
| GUAR | Plant source of gum used in the food and paper industries |
| GUMARABIC | Acacia tree sap widely used in the food and pharmaceutical industries |
| SODALIME | Mixture of calcium oxide and sodium hydroxide, used to absorb moisture, carbon dioxide etc. (4,4) |
