| SAXONBLUE | Dye made by dissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid, recorded in Europe since the 18th century (5,4) |
| SOU | Five centimes, in the 18th cent. |
| LONDONZOO | Home of the first hippopotamus in Europe since the Roman Empire |
| OLEUM | Solution of sulphur trioxide in concentrated sulphuric acid, also known as fuming sulphuric acid; Latin, 'oil' (5) |
| INDIGO | To make Saxon blue dye, dissolve ____ in concentrated sulphuric acid |
| NOUVELLECUISINE | Fare is new in Europe since I worried about university (8,7) |
| NINEMENSMORRIS | Board game played in Europe since Roman times |
| PIGMENT | Colouring matter made by dissolving gem in about 570ml of fluid (7) |
| GOLDENSYRUP | Thick, sweet liquid made by dissolving sugar in boiling water (6,5) |
| SYRUP | Sweet sauce made by dissolving sugar in boiling water |
| SHELLAC | Thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol (7) |
| TINCTURES | Medicines made by dissolving drugs in alcohol (9) |
| TINCTURE | Medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol (8) |
| TOMMYATKINS | Generic name, in use since the 18th century, for a British soldier |
| VISCOSE | Orange-brown solution obtained by dissolving cellulose in sodium hydroxide and carbon disulphide, used in the manufacture of rayon (7) |
| OPPENHEIM | German-Jewish family, prominent in European banking since the 18th century |
| SINGH | Male surname in Sikhism (since the 18th century) (5) |
| DANISH | Relating to a country in northern Europe (1658 sq miles; pop 6 million), a member of the EU since 1973) (6) |
| BLEU | French for the colour between green and indigo in a rainbow or on a standard colour wheel (4) |
| HENNA | The Egyptian privet or the dye made from it (5) |
