| DAVY | Humphry, chemist who invented the miner's safety lamp (4) |
| BUNSEN | German chemist who invented the science lab burner named after him |
| DEWAR | Scottish chemist who invented the vacuum flask |
| HAZELBISHOP | American chemist who invented the long-lasting lipstick (5,6) |
| MINE | System of tunnels and excavations for the extraction of coal, diamonds, gold and other ores, for which Sir Humphry Davy invented a type of safety lamp (4) |
| UTEP | The Miners of the Lone Star St. |
| ACHY | The miner left the machinery as was quite sore (4) |
| HUMPHRYDAVY | English chemist who invented a type of safety lamp and coined the name 'laughing gas' for nitrous oxide (7,4) |
| NOBELPRIZE | Any one of the six annual awards established from the funds bequeathed by the chemist who invented dynamite (5,5) |
| DAVYLAMP | Miner's safety device invented by the discoverer of elements including barium, magnesium and potassium (4,4) |
| BARNUM | Prohibit the miners going to the showman (6) |
| LALOR | The Italian master cut off the miners' hero (5) |
| DOWNTOIT | How the miner is applying himself to the job! (7,4,2,2) |
| GETTING | How the miner is applying himself to the job! (7,4,2,2) |
| LEBLANC | Nicolas, French chemist who invented a process for the manufacture of soda from common salt (2,5) |
| NOBEL | Swedish chemist who invented dynamite (5) |
| PASTEUR | Chemist who invented a process of heat-treating food (7) |
| INTERMESH | The miners adapted to join closely together (9) |
| INFORMER | ' Because the miner's trapped after the collapse' he squeals (8) |
| COLLIE | The dog is a little too small for the miner (6) |
