| FERRIC | Containing a metal, could be terrific without it perhaps (6) |
| DOGAND | 25 party terrific without right - then get down (3,3,4) |
| THREEACES | Number in the crowd could be terrific at school with the cards one is dealt (5,4) |
| ORE | Naturally occurring material from which a valuable metal could be extracted |
| PLATINUM | A metal - or fruit containing a metal |
| RAFFLE | With a ticket for it, perhaps, our airmen flew endlessly (6) |
| RUBBER | The best of a number of games has some bounce to it, perhaps (6) |
| CARUSO | He sang a chorus with no H in it perhaps (6) |
| RATTLE | A sneak twist in the grass follows the shock of it, perhaps. (6,5) |
| OPTION | Work on it perhaps as a possibility (6) |
| BOTTLE | It has neck and defines it perhaps (6) |
| URANIUM | Radioactive metal could ruin human insides (7) |
| ALKAID | A star in the constellation Ursa Major, at the end of the Big Dipper's handle (Talk aids hiding it, perhaps?) (6) |
| BEGONE | Get out of it, perhaps with individual on Bass (6) |
| TANNER | One can cure skin - or damage it, perhaps? (6) |
| RETINA | Part of the eye near it, perhaps (6) |
| PRIMER | Introductory textbook, gloss over it perhaps? (6) |
| SUNDAE | Dish, and use of it perhaps (6) |
| CRUISE | To sail to and fro is cure for it perhaps (6) |
| ANCHOR | Nor with an unending ache will it perhaps keep one to bed (6) |
