| FLASHPOINT | Moment of crisis that takes its name from the lowest temperature at which a flammable liquid can mix |
| POURPOINT | A medieval gipon-like quilted doublet or gambeson; or, as two words, the lowest temperature at which oil will flow under gravity (9) |
| DEWPOINT | What is the temperature at which a given sample of air will have a relative humidity of 100 per cent (8) |
| FREEZING | ____ point, the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled (8) |
| OIL | From the Latin for "olive", an ingredient traditionally derived from said fruit; or, a flammable liquid whose figurative burning at midnight refers to reading or studying late (3) |
| BOILINGPOINT | The temperature at which a liquid starts to change into steam or vapour (7,5) |
| BILGEPUMP | A device to remove water from the lowest internal part of the hull in boats and ships (5,4) |
| FREEZINGPOINT | Temperature at which a liquid solidifies (8,5) |
| RIVERBED | Flower in the garden from the lowest part of The Shannon (8) |
| COLDEST | A rustic old establishment has the lowest temperature (7) |
| ABSOLUTEZERO | The lowest temperature that is theoretically possible (8,4) |
| REDHEAT | Term for the temperature at which something is so warm that it glows with a flame-orange or scarlet colour (3,4) |
| WHENTHECHIPSAREDOWN | Time to get cheaper takeaway, at a moment of crisis? |
| BREAKINGPOINT | Moment of crisis for the fellow pencilling in the pools results? (8,5) |
| EMERGENCY | Appear in panic, sadly at the last moment of crisis (9) |
| CHARLESOSGOOD | "Nothing Could Be Finer Than a Crisis That Is Minor in the Morning" author |
| SUEZ | Shorthand for a political and military crisis that engulfed the Eden government in 1956 (4) |
| UNICEF | Org. established in response to the refugee crisis that followed the Second World War |
| BOTTOMLINE | The total profit (or loss) from the lowest range of merchandise (6,4) |
| TOLUENE | Tension surrounding unopened adhesive, a flammable liquid (7) |
