| ZIRCONIUM | Element is unknown ? iodine or cumin is used (9) |
| ZINC | Element is unknown enclosed by carbon (4) |
| STIMULI | What will encourage change for litmus? Iodine |
| MUSICIAN | Cumin is a seedy type that generates own air (8) |
| PACIFIC | Mild starter of potatoes and cumin is flaming, in comparison |
| MAGNESIUM | Bottle containing tablets (iodine or another element) (9) |
| ITSYBITSY | Very small wine's unknown? It's unknown outside Birkenhead! |
| CERTAINTY | Nitrate compound in carbon unknown? Sure thing! (9) |
| POTASSIUM | Element is up, atoms having changed (9) |
| UNHEARDOF | Completely unknown? That's never happened before (7,2) |
| RAREEARTH | This element is thin on the ground (4-5) |
| INSTLOUIS | Garland film with unusual muso element, is it? (4,2,2,2,5) |
| ANON | What is written after a title to indicate that the author is unknown? (4) |
| TRADITIONAL | Type of jazz whose composer is unknown? |
| NATURIST | One from a colony where pickpocketing is unknown? (8) |
| BRANDY | Drink whose manufacturer is unknown? |
| EINSTEINIUM | Scientist has hesitation following iodine or another element (11) |
| BIOMASS | Iodine or mercury initially found in fish used as organic fuel (7) |
| HALOGEN | Chemical element such as iodine or chlorine (7) |
| SPICE | Historically traded on the Silk Road, any of various plant- or vegetable-based ingredients - chilli, cinnamon, cloves, coriander or cumin to name a few (5) |
