| WADT | Manganese ore with commercial benefit ultimately |
| MANGANITE | Black to steel grey manganese ore (9) |
| TOOT | Benefit ultimately debatable with money wasted - drivers' warning (4) |
| LODGE | Deposit, one of ore with good content |
| ORIENT | Ore with tin processed in the East |
| TORPEDOES | Stop! Ed is moving ore with some explosive charges (9) |
| SMELT | Extract metal from its ore with heat (5) |
| RIODEJANEIRO | Big port smelts iron ore with jade I gathered (3,2,7) |
| HAEMATITE | Principal form of iron ore with a blood-red streak (9) |
| COPPER | In ancient Mesopotamia this metal was combined with tin to make bronze. It was frequently cast to shape in molds, and it was reduced to its metal form from ores with fire and charcoal. |
| TIN | Element with twice as many protons as manganese |
| HEADY | Man with commercial proficiency, ultimately, is optimistic (5) |
| ACTUARIAL | Concerned with commercial risk bearing returns with existing coverage |
| IRON | With manganese, zinc, copper and molybdenum, this is a trace element needed by plants in small quantities (4) |
| BROWNBETTY | Round teapot with a manganese brown glaze known as Rockingham glaze (5,5) |
| ELEMENTS | Steel men work with the likes of carbon, manganese and phosphorus (8) |
| STEEL | What is an alloy made of iron with small amounts of carbon and manganese? (5) |
| MONEL | Corrosion-resistant alloy of nickel, copper, iron and manganese |
| METAL | Manganese or magnesium |
| SPESSARTITE | Red manganese-aluminum garnet |
