| HALOGENS | Only group with elements in all three states of matter at room temperature |
| CRYOGENY | The study of physical properties of matter at very low temperatures (8) |
| GAS | One of the three states of matter (3) |
| SAND | With time gone, put up with element in beach (4) |
| STEAMUP | Get indignant with element in sauna on the rise (5,2) |
| IRON | Press clothes / silver-white ductile metallic element occurring in nature used for tools and implements; also an essential element in all living organisms |
| CARBON | Element in all organic compounds |
| CAESIUM | The softest of all metals with a consistency of wax at room temperature (7) |
| ERIE | Name of counties in three states, all crossed by I-90 |
| GASES | States of matter with particles moving in random motion with little or no attraction, thus having neither a definite size/volume nor shape (5) |
| SOLID | One of the four fundamental states of matter, with liquid, gas and plasma (5) |
| PLASMA | In physics, one of the four fundamental states of matter; or, another name for bloodstone (6) |
| LIQUID | In physics, one of the four fundamental states of matter (6) |
| CONGO | The rainforests of this central African nation are home to the only group of wild Bonobo chimpanzees in the world |
| SUBCONTINENT | Very large area in U-boat with elements found around at home (12) |
| ERA | 1970s measure that fell three states short of passing, in brief |
| TRIPLECROWN | In rugby union, a victory by Scotland, England, Wales or Ireland in all three games against the others in the annual Six Nations Championship (6,5) |
| SECRETARIAT | American racehorse who in 1973 set the fastest and still-unbeaten time record in all three races of the Triple Crown |
| JALABERT | Laurent ___, French former racing cyclist who is one of only five riders to win the points classification in all three grand tours |
| BATS | The only group of mammals capable of flight |
