| HERRINGBONE | Suitable pattern for fish fillet (11) |
| BATTER | Flour, egg and milk mixture used as the basis of Yorkshire puddings, pancakes, crepes, toad-in-the-hole and coating for fish fillets (6) |
| MOTIF | Way of working picked up suitable pattern (5) |
| CONTEMPLATE | Study a Tory pattern for copyists (11) |
| GEOMAGNETIC | Get a genomic pattern for earthy polarity? (11) |
| INSTITUTION | Social pattern for behaviour a permanently established system |
| COVERDESIGN | Conceal pattern for book jacket layout (5,6) |
| GARDENCHAIR | Adhering to arc pattern for rustic, personal parking? (6,5) |
| HUFF | For starters had undercooked fish fillet, resulting in fit of pique (4) |
| CHIPS | Accompaniments for deep-fried fish fillets; money; a nickname for carpenters; splinters; or, small chocks of wood metaphorically on shoulders of habitually combative individuals (5) |
| BONED | Like fish fillet |
| TUNA | Fish fillet, unappetising portion |
| ROLLMOP | Character told to clean fish fillet (7) |
| DEBONED | Like a fish fillet |
| ATE | Had a fish fillet |
| HUNTSMAN | Canadian who is known for his Atlantic salmon research and inventing the fast freezing of fish fillets |
| SLICES | Cut portions of bread, cake, pizza etc; shares generally; or, broad spatulas for lifting flat foods, such as fish fillets, fried eggs or pancakes (6) |
| CODS | Some fish fillets |
| NONSTICK | Description of a baking tray, cooking pot, saucepan or skillet that is Teflon-coated, thus resistant to clinging by cakes, crepes, fish fillets, omelettes, scrambled eggs etc (3-5) |
| CAMO | Clothing pattern for a hunter for short |
