| INORGANIC | Not containing additives in vital part I see |
| QUAYSIDE | Landing in vital part of hearing |
| LIBRETTO | Belt trio out in vital part of opera |
| ESSENCE | German city church in vital part (7) |
| LINCHPINS | Left on edge by cutback in vital parts (9) |
| ONLOOKER | I'm not taking part, I see (8) |
| PARTICIPLE | Part of speech, part I see, it appears, before pile disintegrates (10) |
| BIOTIC | Nothing in part I see, say, relating to living organisms (6) |
| PROTEIN | In favour of can containing additive as part of diet (7) |
| MASTIC | Kind of varnish for a ship's part, I see (6) |
| ENUMBERS | Codes for additives in tablets including morphine for example |
| TORTE | Wrong number of additives in cake |
| SEEDCAKE | Sacked, cooking with additives in gateau (4,4) |
| COFFEE | Caught leaving additives in drink (6) |
| RHYTHMS | Longest word not containing an a, e, i, o, or u |
| PLEADED | Begged for petrol, initially, containing additive (7) |
| DREAM | Imagine small drink containing additive (5) |
| ABERDEEN | Port, rum and beer containing additive |
| APPETISER | Starter - it's paper, containing additive |
| EYELET | By the end, let two additives in, getting through a small hole (6) |
