| MAGHREB | Arab region where hamburger's cooked, not with pure meat |
| GHOUL | Arab fiend has operated primarily in most of Arab region? (5) |
| PRAWN | A vegetarian won't eat one quietly, not cooked, not its head (5) |
| TENDERLOIN | Cut of meat for dinner hotel cooked - not hot! (10) |
| URAEMIA | River in Arab region, level rising - a bloody waste (7) |
| EMIRATE | Writer upset and angry in Arab region (7) |
| FORTUNECOOKIE | Oo! One fruit cake cooked, not a biscuit! (7,6) |
| DELICACY | Nice bit of food Cicely had cooked, not hard (8) |
| IMPASSIVE | Pies Mavis cooked not liable to arouse emotions (9) |
| FEARSOME | Dreadful fare cooked, not all |
| OBOIST | Egg bistro cooked not right for member of the band (6) |
| TOURNEDOS | Some beef gets cooked, not soured |
| TANDOORI | Oven-cooked, not radio waved (8) |
| OILED | Drunk cooked, not initially (5) |
| MIDEAST | Arab region |
| MIDDLEEASTERN | Media-led riots, severe, around Arab regions? |
| COCTUM | Cooked, not raw – quid tu, malum, curas utrum crudum an ____ edim?, Plautus Aul. 430 |
| BRED | Word with pure or standard |
| MALTWHISKY | Wash my kilt out with pure spirit (4,6) |
| AYLESBURY | County town of Buckinghamshire; or, a duck breed with pure white plumage (9) |