| CAUSTIC | ___ soda, another name for sodium hydroxide used in making soap (7) |
| CAUSTICSODA | Sodium hydroxide, used in making soap (7,4) |
| LYE | Common name for sodium hydroxide |
| BAKINGSODA | Another name for sodium bicarbonate (6,4) |
| SODALIME | Mixture of calcium oxide and sodium hydroxide, used to absorb moisture, carbon dioxide etc. (4,4) |
| SLAKEDLIME | Common name for calcium hydroxide, used in the food industry as additive E526 (6,4) |
| NAOH | Chemical formula for sodium hydroxide |
| OILPALM | Tree whose product is used in making soap |
| NATRIUM | Latin name for sodium, from which its chemical symbol derives (7) |
| VISCOSE | Orange-brown solution obtained by dissolving cellulose in sodium hydroxide and carbon disulphide, used in the manufacture of rayon (7) |
| TALLOW | Animal oil used in making soap and candles (6) |
| TELECAMERA | Somehow create lame device used in making soap? |
| STEARICACID | Compound often used in making soap |
| BABASSUS | Brazilian palm trees with hard edible nuts yielding an oil used in making soap, margarine, etc (8) |
| OLEIC | Kind of acid used in making soap |
| POTASH | Chemical used in making soap |
| SALT | What is the more common name for sodium chloride? (4) |
| NEMBUTAL | Proprietary name for sodium pentobarbitone |
| ONACCOUNT | As part payment for sodium content of coconut cream (2,7) |
| ATNO | 11 for Na or 17 for Cl, for example |
