| REPEL | Fail to mix with, like water and oil |
| EWERS | Pitchers with a flared base, stout handle and decorative spout, historically used to transport water and oils |
| VEHICLES | Water and oil, say, for cars and buses, say (8) |
| STIR | Mix powder, water and oil, say |
| LOITER | Hang around waiting for oil to mix with some water (6) |
| MERCURY | It flows like water and shines like a precious metal, which gives it its Latin name. What's its common name? (7) |
| CALORIE | Like water and most diet drinks |
| PUMPS | They bring up water and oil |
| JUSTASWELL | Only like water - and a good thing, too (4,2,4) |
| TRIATOMIC | Like water and carbon dioxide |
| DUTCHMEN | Tend to mix with chum, and folk from Amsterdam? |
| BOREHOLE | A cavity made in the earth's crust for geological investigation or for locating water and oil (8) |
| HOBNOB | It's found on cooker with no bottle opener to mix with others (6) |
| VERBISMONENT | Vir, best to mix with no men: they use words to give advice |
| TONIC | A keynote; a stressed syllable in a word; quinine water to mix with gin; or, any restorative or pick-me-up (5) |
| FIRTHOF | Forced to mix with filthy water at old shipbuilding site (5,2,5) |
| CLYDE | Forced to mix with filthy water at old shipbuilding site (5,2,5) |
| ASOCIAL | Disinclined to mix with spies in revolutionary Laos (7) |
| ROYALWE | Right way to mix with Leo I of Victoria (5,2) |
| OLIGARCH | Goal to mix with rich, powerful businessman |
