| GUNCOTTON | Explosive compound of cellulose saturated with nitric and sulphuric acids, invented by German-Swiss chemist Christian Friedrich Schonbein in 1846 (9) |
| ACIDRAIN | Precipitation which contains high levels of nitric and sulphuric acid (4,4) |
| OZONE | Allotropic form of oxygen isolated and named by German-Swiss chemist Christian Friedrich Schonbein in 1839-40 (5) |
| STEPPENWOLF | 1927 novel by German-Swiss author and Nobel Laureate Hermann Hesse (11) |
| ACID | Carbolic and sulphuric ender |
| AQUATINT | Invented by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, a tonal method of printmaking made by etching a copper plate with nitric acid (8) |
| VOLAPUK | Artificial language based on English, French, German and Latin, invented by German priest Johann Martin Schleyer in c. 1879 (7) |
| ENIGMA | Series of electro-mechanical rotor cipher machines invented by German engineer Arthur Scherbius at the end of World War I |
| KRAFT | Type of strong brown wrapping paper invented by German chemist Carl F. Dahl in 1879; literally, 'strength' (5) |
| LEICA | Type of miniature camera invented by German photographer Oscar Barnack, first sold in 1925 (5) |
| WOODCHIP | Type of ingrain wallpaper invented by German pharmacist Hugo Erfurt in 1864 (8) |
| HESSE | The first novel of which German Swiss writer and Nobel laureate was Peter Camenzind (1904) |
| VISCOSE | Rayon produced from a solution of cellulose treated with sodium hydroxide and carbon disulphide (7) |
| REGIA | Aqua ---: mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids that dissolves gold or platinum |
| AQUAREGIA | Mixture of concentrated nitric and hydrochloric acids used for dissolving metals, especially gold (4,5) |
| NESTLE | Henri ---, German-Swiss confectioner who founded what is now the world's largest food and beverage company (6) |
| PARACELSUS | German-Swiss physician born in 1493 who established the role of chemistry in medicine (10) |
| SAWDUST | Woodworking by-product whose uses include the production of cellulose and acting as an accelerant in charcoal briquettes (7) |
| TAPE | A thin strip of cotton or linen for binding, fastening or for embroidering with one's name; a length of cellulose for sticking; a long cloth or metal ruler for carpentry, dressmaking, tailoring etc; a |
| AQUA | -- regia, mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids (4) |
