| KRAFT | Type of strong brown wrapping paper invented by German chemist Carl F. Dahl in 1879; literally, 'strength' (5) |
| EXPORT | Type of strong brown beer (6) |
| ERBIUM | Metallic element discovered in 1843 by Swedish chemist Carl Gustaf Mosander, who named it terbia (6) |
| TERBIUM | Metallic element discovered in 1843 by the Swedish chemist Carl Gustav Mosander |
| PSEUDONYMOUSLY | A£25 to cover raised fees, left with plain brown wrapping under a false name (14) |
| LEICA | Type of miniature camera invented by German photographer Oscar Barnack, first sold in 1925 (5) |
| VOLAPUK | Artificial language based on English, French, German and Latin, invented by German priest Johann Martin Schleyer in c. 1879 (7) |
| GUNCOTTON | Explosive compound of cellulose saturated with nitric and sulphuric acids, invented by German-Swiss chemist Christian Friedrich Schonbein in 1846 (9) |
| WOODCHIP | Type of ingrain wallpaper invented by German pharmacist Hugo Erfurt in 1864 (8) |
| URANIUM | This element, whose isotopes are used as fuel in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons, was discovered by German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth in 1789. One pound of this material yields as much ener |
| POLYTHENE | Most commonly produced form of plastic, first synthesised by German chemist Hans von Pechmann in c. 1898 (9) |
| CAPSAICIN | Alkaloid in chilli peppers that gives them their 'hot' quality, first isolated by German chemist Christian Friedrich Bucholz in 1816 (9) |
| ENIGMA | Series of electro-mechanical rotor cipher machines invented by German engineer Arthur Scherbius at the end of World War I |
| ACESULFAMEK | Calorie-free sugar substitute, E950, discovered accidentally by German chemist Karl Clauss in 1967 |
| CAFFEINE | Nitrogenous alkaloid compound with a stimulant effect first isolated by German chemist Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge in 1819 (8) |
| BFG | The ___ children's novel written by Roald Dahl in 1982 about a young girl named Sophie who meets a colossal man |
| ESPRESSO | A type of strong coffee made by forcing steam through ground coffee beans (8) |
| PLYWOOD | A type of strong thin board that is used in beams, crates and hoardings (7) |
| CLUNY | Town in central France associated with a type of strong heavy silk and cotton bobbin lace (5) |
| CAPITALMARKET | It's the hub for music, initially from the time of the flood, and alien to one of those in Moore Str |
