| DAVY | Self-taught Cornish chemist who discovered several elements, invented a safety lamp for miners and served as president of the Royal Society from 1820-27 (4) |
| HEADLAMPS | Leading lights for miners and drivers? (9) |
| METHANE | Sir Humphry Davy invented a safety lamp to reduce explosions of what gas in mines? (7) |
| HEADLAMP | Light equipment for miner and motorist (8) |
| JAMES | And 2 18th-century English navigator who discovered several Pacific and Atlantic islands (5,4) |
| HUMPHRYDAVY | English chemist who invented a type of safety lamp and coined the name 'laughing gas' for nitrous oxide (7,4) |
| OTIS | Elisha ___ (1811 - 61), US industrialist who invented a safety device for lifts (4) |
| COOK | James ?, 18th-century English navigator who discovered several Pacific and Atlantic islands |
| MINE | System of tunnels and excavations for the extraction of coal, diamonds, gold and other ores, for which Sir Humphry Davy invented a type of safety lamp (4) |
| CAROLINA | "If I had Aladdin's lamp for only a day; I'd make a wish and here's what I'd say; Nothing could be f |
| HERSCHEL | German astronomer who discovered several comets in the 18th century, Caroline _ (8) |
| AMPHIBIAN | A representative greeting Brian right away - one's at home in several elements (9) |
| GILLETTE | Who invented a safety-razor (8) |
| DAVYLAMP | Mining safety device named after a Cornish chemist |
| ORGREAVE | Village in South Yorkshire whose colliery was the site of a major confrontation between miners and police officers in 1984 |
| NIELSRYBERGFINSEN | Who developed an ultra-violet ray lamp for the treatment of tuberculosis of the skin and won the Nob |
| AGGREGATE | A whole formed by combining several elements (9) |
| SPOTLIGHT | A powerful lamp for illuminating an actor or musician on stage; or, by extension, the centre of attention (9) |
| MANIFOLD | Engine part of several elements (8) |
| RAREEARTH | Any of several elements lightly cooked on ground (4,5) |
