| CAUSTICSODA | Sodium hydroxide, used in making soap (7,4) |
| CAUSTIC | ____ soda, another name for sodium hydroxide used in making soap (7) |
| STEARICACID | Compound often used in making soap |
| OILPALM | Tree whose product is used in making soap |
| TALLOW | Animal oil used in making soap and candles (6) |
| TELECAMERA | Somehow create lame device used in making soap? |
| LYE | Harsh material used in making soap |
| OLEIC | Kind of acid used in making soap |
| POTASH | Chemical used in making soap |
| BABASSUS | Brazilian palm trees with hard edible nuts yielding an oil used in making soap, margarine, etc (8) |
| BABASSU | Brazilian palm tree whose nuts yield an oil used in making soap (7) |
| SODALIME | Mixture of calcium oxide and sodium hydroxide, used to absorb moisture, carbon dioxide etc. (4,4) |
| SLAKEDLIME | Common name for calcium hydroxide, used in the food industry as additive E526 (6,4) |
| VISCOSE | Orange-brown solution obtained by dissolving cellulose in sodium hydroxide and carbon disulphide, used in the manufacture of rayon (7) |
| ANO | Need for making soap from sap? |
| DETERGENT | Discourage fellow making soap (9) |
| NAOH | Sodium hydroxide, in chem. class |
| ALKALI | Aluminum, potassium, aluminum, iodine, sodium hydroxide, e.g. (6) |
| SODA | Sodium hydroxide (4) |
| LYES | Sodium hydroxide solutions |
