| METALS | Conductive, ductile elements with examples used to make inorganic pigments such as cobalt blue, Paris green, Ultramarine, vermilion and viridian (6) |
| SILVER | Ductile element with the highest electrical conductivity of all metals, symbol Ag; one ounce of whic |
| SUPERPOWER | China for example used to be scratched at the back on purpose, unfortunately (10) |
| PRECEDENT | Example used to justify (9) |
| REDCARD | Queen of Hearts, for example, used to send offenders packing |
| LOOT | Upturned jemmy, for example, used to acquire this? (4) |
| TOCCATA | Musical work, often with virtuoso elements, with a name derived from Italian for "touched" |
| STILLLIFE | With examples such as Paul Czannes The Basket of Apples or Mary Cassatts Lilacs in a Window, a painting or drawing of everyday, inanimate objects (5,4) |
| LINOCUT | With examples created by Cyril Power and Sybil Andrews, a relief print made in a similar way to woodcut but with a block of artist's "vinyl" (7) |
| EPEES | Duelling swords used in conjunction with electrically-conductive lames in competitive fencing (5) |
| TOMTIT | European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail (6) |
| GROUPS | General name for sets of elements with similar properties occupying columns on the periodic table (6 |
| HYDROGEN | Lightest of all the chemical elements with atomic number one (8) |
| DVORAK | Czech composer who combined folk elements with traditional forms (1841-1904) |
| ISOTOPE | One of 2 or more chemical elements with a different atomic weight (7) |
| BORICACID | Antiseptic substance formed from elements with the symbols B, O and H |
| LIBRARY | With examples at Chatsworth, Blenheim Palace and Chanters House, a collection of books or the room dedicated to their storage (7) |
| SONG | With examples including In the Bleak Midwinter, Somerset Wassail and John Mason Neale's O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, an aria, chant, hymn, noel, wassail or other such musical composition for choir, chori |
| TABLELAMP | Illumination device with examples designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany (5,4) |
| NONETS | With examples by Ravel, Stanford and Spohr, musical compositions for nine solo instruments (6) |
