| ELUTE | Use a solvent, in chemistry |
| LIMONENE | A colourless liquid hydrocarbon obtained from citrus fruits and used as a solvent in cleaning products |
| TETHERING | Solvent in can, good for fixing in position |
| ACETONE | Solvent in paint thinner |
| ETHER | Solvent in three moves (5) |
| ALDOL | Oily liquid used as organic solvent in perfume (5) |
| ABELTOPAY | Financially solvent, in the Garden of Eden? |
| HEPTANE | Solvent in the neap flowing off (7) |
| MEDIUM | Oil, water or solvent in which pigments are mixed or paints are thinned; or, the midway point between two extremes (6) |
| KEEP | Remain solvent in the pool? (4,4,4,5,5) |
| ONESHEAD | Remain solvent in the pool? (4,4,4,5,5) |
| ABOVEWATER | Remain solvent in the pool? (4,4,4,5,5) |
| OSMOSIS | Diffusion of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane from a dilute to a more concentrated solution until both are equal (7) |
| AFLOAT | Love to occupy a part of apartment block in a solvent state? (6) |
| WATER | a.k.a. solvent of life |
| WOODALCOHOL | Another name for methanol used as a solvent and in antifreeze (4,7) |
| OCTANE | Hydrocarbon found in petrol and used as a solvent (6) |
| TOLUENE | Methyl benzene used as a solvent and in explosives (7) |
| ACETATE | Across Sweet-smelling liquid made from acetic acid and ethanol, used in perfumes and as a solvent (7) |
| ETHYL | Sweet-smelling liquid made from acetic acid and ethanol, used in perfumes and as a solvent (5) |
