| CLARIFY | Melt (butter, fat etc.) in order to separate out impurities (7) |
| FRY | Cook in hot oil, fat, etc (3) |
| PAN | You might melt butter in one |
| DESCENDANTS | Sends DNA etc in order to find children |
| DECANT | To pour liquid gradually from one container into another, often to separate out sediment (6) |
| MIGRATION | A seasonal journey made by Arctic terns, monarch butterflies, swallows, toads etc in order to breed or feed (9) |
| PANFOR | Try to separate out, as gold |
| CLAYMASK | Spa facial treatment for drawing out impurities: 2 wds. |
| CLARIFIES | Melts butter to refine eclairs if spoilt |
| REFINE | Filter out impurities |
| RECITE | State (names, etc) in order |
| RICH | Containing a lot of butter, fat or cream |
| SHEA | - _ butter, fat extracted from the nut of an African tree, used as a moisturiser (4) |
| SMEAR | From "butter, fat, grease, ointment", a smudge, splodge, splotch or streak of such substance; or, a slur or slanderous attack (5) |
| UNRAVEL | Separate out (7) |
| SPLITUP | Separate out into parts (5,2) |
| RET | To dampen or soak flax, hemp in water in order to separate the fibers from the woody tissue |
| SMELTS | When one fuses ore in order to separate the metal contained, one does what (6) |
| ART | "The method of levitation, in order to separate one's self from enslavement by the earth," per Anais Nin |
| FILTERTIPS | Separate out where the rubbish goes for those sending up smoke signals (6,4) |