| INDIANCORN | A staple of Bollywood banality? (6,4) |
| SARIS | Staples of Bollywood costumery |
| PINENUTS | Fruit of a coniferous tree, a staple of Mallorca kitchens and used in island dishes such as lomo con col, cocarrois and spinach a la catalana (4,4) |
| MANGEL | Sounds like a type of beat - a staple of The Animals (6) |
| BULGUR | Type of whole grain wheat that is a staple of Middle East cuisine (6) |
| LIME | The juice of this citrus fruit is a staple of many cocktails (4) |
| ENLIGHTEN | Educate, arranging the learning without a staple of education? |
| MONTAGES | Training ___ (sequences that are a staple of sports movies) |
| PASTA | What used to be a staple of Italian eateries (5) |
| PIZZA | This oven-baked flat, round food item is a staple of the takeaway industry |
| PAELLA | No Pinot in Appellation that's a staple of European restaurant (6) |
| RONALD | _ Rat, puppet who was a staple of 1980s children's TV (6) |
| BOTTLEOFVINEGAR | 8 across with heads of fish and most of 9 across is a staple of the chip shop (6,2,7) |
| HANNAHARENDT | German-born philosopher who introduced the concept of the "banality of evil" |
| ARENDT | Coiner of "the banality of evil"; red ant (anag.) (6) |
| EVIL | "Banality of ___" (phrase coined by Hannah Arendt) |
| SCORNFUL | Contemptuous of banality in science fiction, endlessly dull |
| BROMIDE | Developed morbid dread in the middle of banality (7) |
| CORNUCOPIA | Abundance of banality? More work required, with one change |
| ACORN | A banality that can grow into something big? |
