| CANTALOUPE | The one ingredient that's in every single 12-Across ever made |
| ERIE | Great Lake that's in every crossword puzzle |
| GUTTERBALL | If you get one of these, you haven't hit a single 12-Across (2 wds.) |
| PRINCEPRINCE | 1993 Spin Doctors single * (12) |
| EACH | In case a child is involved in every single one (4) |
| SET | The same cap in every single color |
| ALOE | Ingredient in every single lotion known to humankind (it seems) |
| MAEWEST | 'I've been in Who's Who, and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary,' wrote this actress to the RAF when they named the inflatable life jacket after her (3,4) |
| ALLIANCE | Ian is in every single engineer's union (8) |
| ENCROACH | Corn damaged in every single trespass (8) |
| UREA | Number one ingredient in office lacking boundaries |
| GLEE | There's delight in every single example (4) |
| TINT | Dye is one ingredient in explosive (4) |
| ALLSEEING | Operator agile with lens, taking in every single thing |
| BLOWBYBLOW | Describing an account of an event in every single detail (4,2,4) |
| MAE | 'I've been in Who's Who, and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary,' wrote this actress to the RAF when they named an inflatable life jacket after her, ... West |
| SINGININTHERAIN | Voted the best musical ever made, it had Gene Kelly tapping in the downpour, Debbie Reynolds overturning the sofa and Donald O'Connor climbing walls (6',2,3,4) |
| BIRYANI | Rice dish made by spreading bran around one ingredient at first, and including a bit of yoghurt (7) |
| MINESTRONE | One ingredient of Chinese soup drunk by men, or different soup |
| SEMOLINA | Malone is out of one ingredient for pasta (8) |