| TARTRATES | The harmless crystalline deposits that separate from wines during fermentation and aging |
| GEMMAE | Small multicellular bodies that separate from parent plants and become new individuals |
| EXPORTS | Articles from wines to almost anything (7) |
| ANNIE | Girl capturing the hearts of infants, juveniles and aging men |
| WEARANDTEAR | A form of depreciation which occurs through normal usage and aging (4,3,4) |
| NEOPRENE | Synthetic rubber invented by US scientists in 1930, resistant to oil, heat and aging (8) |
| ORES | Metal deposits that are a homophone of rowing tools |
| NILESLUDGE | Muddy deposits that snag Cleopatra's barge? |
| MUST | From the Latin for "young wine", word for freshly crushed grape juice before or during fermentation; or, from the Persian for "drunk", a frenzied state of bull elephants (4) |
| ALEUTIANS | Islands that separate the Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea |
| LEES | What is the sediment of wine settling in the barrel during fermentation? (4) |
| SERA | Plural of 'Serum,' the amber-colored liquid that separates from a clot when the blood coagulates |
| WHEY | Watery liquid that separates from the curd when milk is clotted during cheese making (4) |
| LEAVEN | A substance that causes fermentation and will raise dough (6) |
| FLOR | Film of yeast that forms on sherry during fermentation (4) |
| SERUM | Watery liquid that separates from the blood when it coagulates (5) |
| EAUDEVIE | A clear, colourless fruit brandy produced by fermentation and double distillation (3,2,3) |
| BREWING | Activity in which fermentation and lautering are common terms (7) |
| DIVIDERS | Those that separate and rule? (8) |
| PRISMS | Polyhedrons, such as the transparent crystal or glass bodies that separate white light into spectra of rainbow colours (6) |
