| ANNAT | Shakespeare's word for an alchemist's elixir or philosopher's stone; or, a poetic hue or slight tone (5) |
| ELIXIR | From "desiccative powder for wounds" and "dry" , an alchemical preparation or philosopher's stone for achieving immortality or transmuting base metals into gold; or, a panacea, panpharmacon or potion |
| SMILET | Shakespeare's word for a slight grin or an attempted happy face (6) |
| CATHOLICON | From "universal", a word for a cure-all, elixir or panacea; or, a comprehensive work, such as an encyclopaedic dictionary or the early Summa Grammaticalis (10) |
| RESTORER | Elixir or pomade |
| EXTINCT | Former alchemist's elixir gone forever? (7) |
| ARCANA | Word for mysterious secrets; clandestine elixirs; or, a major/minor division of a pack of tarot cards (6) |
| ATHANOR | An alchemist's furnace fuelled by an eternal fire for the digestion or transmutation of matter (7) |
| LEAD | Metal for an alchemist |
| POTIONOFGOLD | Formula for an alchemist? |
| OCEANSOFPOTIONS | Massive collection for an alchemist? |
| CARAT | Word derived from an alchemist's measure |
| SEVENAGES | Shakespeare's words may last a lifetime (5,4,2,3) |
| OVERACT | "Saw the air too much with your hand," in Shakespeare's words |
| ERE | Before, in Shakespeare's words |
| BAINMARIE | Originally the bath of an alchemist's sister, now a batterie de cuisine's "hot tub" for slowly thickening custard or melting chocolate so that it does not scald or blister (4-5) |
| PUTT | Old word for a bumpkin or a greenhorn; a nap-like card game; a hurl or throw of a stone or a weight; or, a gentle stroke to roll a golf ball across the green, ideally into the hole (4) |
| PENNON | From the Latin for "feather", a flag, such as a medieval knight's personal ensign or a streamer attached to a lance; or, a poetic word for a wing (6) |
| GLEBE | From Latin for "clod", a plot of land attached to a parish church that served as part of a clergyman's benefice; or, a poetic word for fields or the soil (5) |
| STRAND | Any one of the typically six cotton or silk filaments twisted to form thread for embroidery; or, a poetic word for a beach or shore (6) |
