| OYONNAX | Commune in Ain, France, housing the Museum of Combs and Plastics |
| NETANYA | Some entering sort of neat Israeli city housing the Museum of Yemenite Jewish Heritage (7) |
| TEETH | Parts of combs and cogs |
| OSS | City in North Brabant, Netherlands, housing the Museum Jan Cunen |
| ROANNE | Commune in Loire, France, housing the Musee des Beaux-Arts et d'Archeologie Joseph-Dechelette |
| LEHAVRE | Port in Seine-maritime, France, housing the Musee d'art moderne Andre Malraux (2,5) |
| LOUVRE | National museum and art gallery of France, housing exhibits including the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo (6) |
| BEE | Manufacturer of combs in return of the ebony trade (3) |
| ANILINE | Substance used in dyes, drugs and plastics |
| PHOSGENE | Gas used in making glass and plastics |
| RECYCLE | Put glass and plastics in a separate bin, say |
| CHARTRES | Market town in Eure-et-Loir, France, housing a Gothic cathedral (8) |
| ARLES | City in Bouches-du-Rhone, France housing a Roman amphitheatre (5) |
| TOURS | Town in lndre-et-Loire, France, housing a Gothic cathedral (5) |
| RESIN | Vegetable substance obtained as exudations from certain plants used for making varnish and plastics |
| SILICONE | Chemical compound used to make rubber and plastics (8) |
| HONEYBEE | Supplier of combs to the Queen? |
| TORTOISESHELL | Hawksbill turtle material used for combs and ornaments |
| RATTRAY | ---- Head, lighthouse between St Combs and Peterhead (7) |
| REANIMATOR | 1985 comedy-horror film starring Jeffrey Combs and Bruce Abbott (2-8) |
