| BRILLIANTINE | It was used for oiling locks |
| HEADSMASHED | This rather forthrightly named site, near Fort Macleod in Alberta, is a cliff over which hunters chased buffalo; it was used for 6,000 years. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1981. It |
| NOOSE | Nozzle has nothing in it - it was used for the last drop |
| ASTROLABE | It was used for taking altitudes from real boats (9) |
| MECCANO | It was used for building the holy city? Wrong (7) |
| TOOLSHED | In the end, get rid of proceeds of crime - turns up, it was used for a job in The Garden (8) |
| HAIRLOTION | Lothario in trouble for oiling the locks (4,6) |
| ELHJAHMCCOY | 19th-century prolific Canadian inventor of the automatic Lubricator Cup for oiling steam engines which revolutionized the railroad industry |
| ELIJAH | Mr. Mccoy (b.1844 d.1929 ...Canadian inventor of the automatic Lubricator Cup for oiling steam engines) |
| ETHER | Discovered in the 13th century and called sweet vitriol, it wasn't until the 19th century that it was used to put patients to sleep for surgery |
| CUBIT | Unit of linear measure generally taken as equal to 18 inches (457 mm). It was based on the length of the arm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger; it was used by many ancient and medieval pe |
| RAM | It was used in wars for battering mutton perhaps (3) |
| ASBESTOS | It was used as insulation when given top rating (8) |
| FORGE | It was used to make links at Gretna Green (5) |
| BARLEYCORN | It was used to measure two cereals |
| GOLDSTANDARD | Measure of goodness? It was used to evaluate currencies |
| THUNDERBOLT | It was used as a destructive agent, by Jove! |
| POMPOM | It was used to shoot two Brits in Victoria |
| MSDOS | It was used before Windows |
| SICKLE | It was used to crop unhealthy French article (6) |
