| ANILIDE | Compound in fungicides |
| URETHANE | Ethyl carbamate, used in fungicides |
| ACID | White crystalline compound occurring naturally in many plants, 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) |
| DESIST | Stop some of fungicides I started |
| ERADICANT | Word for "destroying", describing some fungicides |
| THYMOL | Aromatic fungicide |
| XANTHENE | Yellow, crystalline fungicide |
| CAPTAT | Non-systemic fungicide |
| CAPTAN | Non-systemic fungicide |
| BURGUNDYMIXTURE | Blend wine first producing fungicide! (8,7) |
| CELLOMOLD | Target of a string quartet's fungicide? |
| THIRAM | Fungicide defiling most of the air on top of mould |
| SULFUR | This element, when not converted to its acidic form, is used in making paper, insecticides, fungicides, dyestuffs, and numerous other products. Its chemical symbol is S. |
| SODA | Informal word for fizzy water or pop; the top card of the pack in faro; or, a short word for a compound in baking/washing powder or in toothpaste (4) |
| ESOTERIC | Secret ring in compound in command (8) |
| CIRENCESTER | Warning heard about compound in place in Gloucestershire |
| CHOLESTEROL | Fat-like compound in the bloodstream from food or made by the liver which in excess can block arteries (11) |
| QUININE | Bitter compound in cinchona bark used as a tonic, one of five in Spain (7) |
| ALAMO | Mission and fortress compound in San Antonio, Texas besieged by Mexican forces in 1836 with the loss of all defenders (5) |
