| ARCHAEOLOGICAL | Studying ancient evidence, review oil and charcoal age |
| ARCHAEOLOGIST | One studying ancient peoples (13) |
| COPPER | In ancient Mesopotamia this metal was combined with tin to make bronze. It was frequently cast to shape in molds, and it was reduced to its metal form from ores with fire and charcoal. |
| NITRE | With sulphur and charcoal, can be explosive! |
| GUNPOWDER | Explosive substance consisting of a mixture of saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal? (9) |
| MEDIA | Pastels and charcoal, for two |
| CLASH | Chlorine and charcoal don't go together (5) |
| BARBECUE | Cuisine associated with backyards and charcoal (8) |
| KEBAB | Dish of small pieces of meat and vegetables threaded onto skewers and grilled over charcoal (5) |
| DRAWMATERIALS | Pencils, charcoal, sketch pad and the like? |
| IRONGREY | Colour similar to slate, nickel, charcoal and gunmetal (4-4) |
| TWOTONE | Charcoal and slate, say |
| HIBACHI | Portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking. (5) |
| ROUSSEAU | Theodore -; French landscapist of the Barbizon school who painted Under the Birches, Evening and The Charcoal Burner's Hut (8) |
| SAWDUST | Woodworking by-product whose uses include the production of cellulose and acting as an accelerant in charcoal briquettes (7) |
| CARBON | Charcoal has a high concentration of this element as well as hydrogen and oxygen (6) |
| CARBONARA | From Italian for "charcoal kiln", a spaghetti sauce of pancetta, pecorino Romano and egg yolks enriched with cream (9) |
| SULPHUR | Yellow crystalline solid combined with charcoal and potassium nitrate to make gunpowder (7) |
| ADSORB | Act like activated charcoal or silica gel |
| TENLB | Charcoal sack wt., perhaps |
