Common solvent (5)
'common solvent' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for ether that I've seen before include "Type of chemical" , "It could knock you out" , "Colourless volatile highly inflammable liquid" , "An early anaesthetic" , "What's clear" .)
'common solvent' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for acetone that I've seen before include "chemical is the solution" , "Industrial solvent" , "it dissolves" , "Colourless solvent" , "Eat once (anag) - solvent" .)