| NUCLEARPHYSICS | Science of forces and transformations inside atoms (7,7) |
| KINETICS | Science of forces and motion |
| MECHANICS | Science of forces and motions |
| BUTTERFLY | Holometabolous lepidopteran whose metamorphosis from caterpillar and chrysalis into Adonis blue, Camberwell beauty, painted lady etc is metaphorical for positive change, rebirth, renewal and transform |
| DYNAMICS | Study of forces and motion |
| STATICS | Science of forces |
| TRANSMUTATIONS | Transformations |
| BALANCEOFPOWER | Equal distribution of forces among nations |
| NEWTON | Amount of force and weight inside light gas (6) |
| OVID | Roman poet who wrote Ars Amatoria (Art of Love) and Metamorphoses (Book of Transformations) (4) |
| HYDRODYNAMICS | Branch of science concerned with forces and fluids (13) |
| AFRAID | Scared of force and attack, with one in the front (6) |
| CHANGES | Eg 10 and 28 transformations between parts of the middle row (7,2,5) |
| OFSTATE | Eg 10 and 28 transformations between parts of the middle row (7,2,5) |
| METAMORPHOSES | Word, introduced in Ovid's epic about "transformations" of gods and humans into beasts, objects, plants etc, for change, holometabolism, mutation, rebirth or transition (13) |
| REPLICATION | "In a universe of blind physical forces and genetic ____, some people are going to get hurt, [...] and you won't find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice" (Richard Dawkins) |
| COSTFREE | Mobilise forces and get rid of good for nothing (4-4) |
| CEMENTMIXER | Concrete example of rotational forces and fluid dynamics? |
| RATTLEONESSABRE | Threaten the use of force and second clue to a Bill Haley classic |
| ALCHEMY | Study of transformations |
