| YLEM | Original matter, before the elements |
| JUSTINCASE | Fair and equitable regarding a matter before the court merely as a provision against contingencies (4,2,4) |
| HEARING | In law, the presentation of a matter before a tribunal (7) |
| ACCOUNTANT | professional hack uncovered matter before social worker (10) |
| COUNTBASIE | Matter before foundation involving one jazzman (5,5) |
| CASE | Matter before a court |
| TAEK | Big bang's original matter |
| ATOM | Big bang's original matter |
| CONSCIOUS | Have a look at some impressive matter before going to sleep (4,2,3) |
| READINBED | Have a look at some impressive matter before going to sleep (4,2,3) |
| COUNTYHALL | Matter before youth's case facing everyone in council site? (6,4) |
| SUBJUDICE | Matter before a court or judge, not yet decided (3,6) |
| MAKESTHEBED | Does a daily chore using the elements at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| WEATHERED | Withstood the elements; wore away in the elements (9) |
| SCONE | One of the elements of the Devon cream tea I want is off the menu, is that what you're saying? (5) |
| METALS | About 80% of the elements in the period table |
| MENDELEEV | Dmitri ___, who developed the periodic table of the elements. |
| CLOCHE | From the French meaning "bell", a type of miniature greenhouse for protecting young vegetable plants from the elements or to germinate seedlings (6) |
| HYDROGEN | First and lightest of all the elements on the periodic table and most abundant chemical compound on Earth (8) |
| CHARACTERISTICS | Eccentric is first to get fair amount of the basics and a number of the elements (15) |
