| PLISSE | Fabric with a wrinkled finish, achieved by treatment involving caustic soda |
| AGED | Old silver finish achieved without nitrogen (4) |
| HANDICAP | Impede recall of alkalinity measurement involving caustic soda ingredient (8) |
| CREPE | Light, thin fabric with a wrinkled surface (5) |
| PERM | Hairstyle produced by treatment with heat, chemicals etc (4) |
| ACHE | A pain in the stomach eased by treatment (4) |
| PERMANENTWAVE | Hairstyle produced by treatment with heat and chemicals |
| RARITY | He has a sweet wife, albeit with a wrinkled skin (6) |
| SHARPEI | Dog of a Chinese breed with a wrinkled nose (4,3) |
| TINCTURE | Metal treatment involving tritium, just a little (8) |
| RESTCURE | Other people have the remedy: a treatment involving inactivity (4,4) |
| SELFSTARTER | Person driven back to basics by treatment of flatterers (4-7) |
| WALNUT | Hard seed with a wrinkled shell (6) |
| PRUNE | Black, partially-dried plum with a wrinkled appearance (5) |
| CRISPANTE | Curly, etiam naso ____: with a wrinkled nose, Persius Satires 3.87 |
| PUG | Small compact dog with a wrinkled nose (3) |
| PUGDOG | Small canine with a wrinkled nose (3,3) |
| BULLDOG | Muscular medium-sized dog with a wrinkled face from England (7) |
| LYE | Caustic soda even in playpen? Sounds like a fib (3) |
| ALKALI | Talk a little about putting in caustic soda for instance (6) |
