| CORTISONE | Hormone is gold, once its ingredients go round (9) |
| ELDORADO | City of gold once believed to exist in the South American rainforest |
| INTOTHEPOT | Where soup ingredients go... (4,3,3) |
| ENDORPHIN | Known to create a sense of well-being this hormone is produced by the pituitary gland |
| BITOHONEY | Classic treat whose name includes one of its ingredients |
| POUNDCAKE | Dessert named for the weight of its ingredients |
| AUBERGINE | Colour is gold, beer mixed with spirit (9) |
| AUTOFOCUS | Camera feature is gold, cost us out of hand touring France (9) |
| CONCOURSE | Space in station for people to scour, once it's made (9) |
| CONCEALED | Hidden cleverly, once it's been laced? (9) |
| REDOLENCE | Fragrancy of elder, once it's been set out (9) |
| EXISTENCE | Being about sixteen, once it's halved (9) |
| SWEETMEAT | Rooms suitable once, it's said, for a sucker? |
| TOUCHWOOD | Kindling brush with old trick once it's set up |
| INSULIN | Hormone is in lung, endlessly circulating (7) |
| ESTROGEN | Which steroid hormone is responsible for secondary female characteristics (8) |
| ANABOLICSTEROID | Perhaps synthetic hormone is mentioned in notice boards Ali put up (8,7) |
| PESTO | Basil is one of its ingredients |
| BIGMAC | Its 1974 jingle listed its ingredients |
| ASSAY | What is the testing of ore to determine its ingredients and quality? (5) |