| ROCKSALT | Sodium chloride as a solid mineral (4,4) |
| ANION | Bit of chloride, as found in the body |
| CYLINDER | Geometric figure that may be thought of as a solid tube |
| CRYSTALS | Solid mineral structures such as quartz, amethyst or diamonds (8) |
| COKE | What is used as a solid fuel and as a reducing agent in smelting iron ore in a blast furnace? (4) |
| FIRMBELIEF | Film fire to be taken loosely as a solid tenet (4,6) |
| OLIVINE | Climber is after core of solid mineral in rock |
| ROCKS | Igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary, general word for solid mineral masses studied in lithology (5) |
| SALTMINE | Refined metals in a deposit of sodium chloride (4,4) |
| SEAWATER | What is a chief source of sodium chloride? (3,5) |
| DIATOMIC | Structured like sodium chloride |
| BARNACLE | Sodium chloride fills exposed crustacean (8) |
| PINNACLE | Top timber contains sodium chloride (8) |
| SALINITY | Sodium chloride content (8) |
| MOHS | ____ scale, one that measures the relative hardness of solid minerals (4) |
| SALT | Word, related to the name of a highly seasoned Italian sausage and a cold dish of vegetables, for sodium chloride, prepared as a condiment (4) |
| HALITE | Mineral form of sodium chloride commonly known as rock salt |
| SALINE | An isotonic solution containing sodium chloride used as a plasma substitute (6) |
| ASPHALT | A measure of acidity in sodium chloride, a substance found on roads (7) |
| NOTABLESALT | Sodium chloride or potassium chloride? |
