| LITTER | Biodegradable and photodegradable plastics may be a solution to the problem of ______, because, unlike other types of plastic, they decompose (6) |
| HUNTERS | Those in the search of a solution to the runs (7) |
| CURE | Heal / cook and age food / solution to the problem / preserve |
| ANSWERS | Solutions, ... to the problem |
| LIQUID | Drink may be a solution |
| MOMHAIR | Bob that may be a solution for post-pregnancy thinning |
| EMPATHIC | Be sensitive to the problem of dreadful mice besieging passage (8) |
| GROUPTHERAPY | The Band starts music with Dylan, the second it's suitable for those listening to the problems of ot |
| DISBAND | Add bins to the problem of a break up (7) |
| SEDATED | Tee that adds to the problem of being calmed down (7) |
| TACKLING | Getting down to the problem of food ___ fish (8) |
| ANSWER | A solution to a crossword clue, dilemma or problem, for example; or, a response to a question (6) |
| RESOLVE | Be determined to find the answer to the problem again (7) |
| NOTRESOLVING | Failing to make a decision or find a solution to a problem (3,9) |
| WEAKSOLUTION | A thin mixture is a poor answer to the problem (4,8) |
| ABSOLVE | Discharge a seaman and find an answer to the problem (7) |
| MAN | Solution to the Riddle of the Sphinx |
| SALINE | One sort of solution to the aliens problem (6) |
| ABEL | Mathematician who pioneered group theory and proved that there are no algebraic solutions to the general quintic equation; or, the shepherd brother of Cain (4) |
| CARDANO | Girolamo ___, Italian mathematician who first published the solution to the general cubic equation |