| TINCTURE | Solution? Metal solution must contain source of same metal |
| LEPIDOPTERIST | Pop! Litter dies. Solution must be found for keen mother (13) |
| PANELBEATING | Longing to span river in Hamburg area? Metal work's needed |
| CHROME | Treat with a metal solution (6) |
| TUSSLE | Let us regroup to contain source of suspicion in struggle (6) |
| INKWELL | Think wellies may contain source of black fluid (7) |
| GERM | Manager managed to contain source of bug? (4) |
| CODEINE | Drug company badly need to contain source of inflammation (7) |
| FIRSTAID | Tree rumoured to contain source of tannin for emergency treatment (5,3) |
| STINK | Part of kitchen contains source of this smell (5) |
| STAPLE | Food past its sell-by date contains source of pandemic (6) |
| IMPETIGO | Horrible pie I got contains source of milk sickness |
| LIPBALM | Large island tree contains source of best lotion (3,4) |
| ABBREVIATED | A pair of books judged to contain sources for extremely vital inquiry in short? (11) |
| ATTRACT | To have drawing power, a pamphlet must contain an element of truth (7) |
| JOJOBAOIL | Lotion additive formed by a reduplicative nickname for "Joseph" + an anagram of "aboil": 2 wds. (Theme answer: One square must contain three letters, which you can enter by pressing "rebus" or escape |
| REVUE | Drama that takes place in the cosmos whose last word is a type of sung performance: 2 wds. (Theme answer: One square must contain three letters, which you can enter by pressing "rebus" or escape to to |
| ASTRO | Jazz fan formed by the opposite of "warm" + a meowing animal: 2 wds. (Theme answer: One square must contain three letters, which you can enter by pressing "rebus" or escape to toggle rebus mode. Those |
| GRIP | Synonym for "evict" whose last word is the opposite of "in": (Theme answer: One square must contain three letters, which you can enter by pressing "rebus" or escape to toggle rebus mode. Those three l |
| MISFORM | "A is for Apple, so M ___" must contain shape badly (7) |