| ALEMBIC | An obsolete type of retort used for distillation |
| FLINTLOCK | Obsolete type of firearm (9) |
| REPARTEE | Series of retorts dished out, per eater (8) |
| RETORT | A glass device used for distillation or dry distillation of substances |
| RETORTS | Glass vessels used for distillation in laboratories |
| CALVADOS | Cava sold for distillation into brandy |
| FLAG | From an obsolete word for "hanging down", an emblematic colours known collectively as bunting; or, from the idea of said drooping, a word used to mean "grow tired" (4) |
| BUGABOO | An obsolete term for an object of terror (7) |
| SYNOD | An ecclesiastical council, or an obsolete word for a conjunction of planets |
| BASSET | Type of dog; an obsolete forerunner of the card game faro |
| INSURANCER | An obsolete word for an underwriter (10) |
| DOLED | Paid out only an obsolete penny for an old copy (5) |
| THEORBO | An obsolete form of the lute, having two pegboxes, used during the Baroque music era (7) |
| BRICABRAC | From an obsolete French phrase meaning "at random", a word for fancy goods, knick-knacks, miscellaneous old curios and other treasured odds and ends of ornamental value (4-1-4) |
| FRANCS | Surgeon holding an obsolete kind of capital (6) |
| AQUA | ___ fortis is an obsolete name for nitric acid (4) |
| ATTERCOP | An obsolete term for a spider (8) |
| ABACTOR | An obsolete word for a cattle thief (7) |
| ELL | An obsolete unit of length equal to approximately 45 inches |
| RETINITE | An obsolete term for pitchstone (8) |
