| CHILI | Word before "pepper" or "powder" (in the US) |
| BELL | Word before pepper or tower |
| SGT | Abbr. before Pepper or York or Friday |
| DUSTBOWL | Drought-stricken prairies in the US that suffered storms of fine powder in the 1930s (4,4) |
| TALC | Powder in the powder room |
| TALCUM | Simon leaves lunatic moms out of powder in the bathroom (6) |
| CAPSICUM | Genus of plants from the nightshade family native to the Americas, whose fruits are commonly called chilli pepper, red or green pepper, or sweet pepper in Britain |
| BLUE | Name, from "bilberry", of an aristocratic or royal colour such as azure, sapphire or Saxe; or, powder or pigment of this hue, traditionally used to preserve the whiteness of laundry or to rinse one's |
| SPICE | Derived from bark, buds, fruits, roots or stigmas, a seasoning such as cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, pepper or saffron; or, by extension, anything that adds interest or zest (5) |
| PASTEL | Word for a soft or delicate colour such as baby blue, duck egg, periwinkle, sea green, rose, lilac or powder pink (6) |
| WREATHS | Circlets of bay, holly, ivy, rosemary, spruce, yew and other seasonal foliage placed on doors or tables during Advent as decorative symbols of eternal life; or, deep banks of white neve or powder (7) |
| PUFF | Word after cream or powder |
| SOAP | Word with pad or powder |
| HORN | Word with air or powder |
| BLUEST | Most Navy or Sky or Powder |
| DIP | To put temporarily in a liquid or powder |
| SEASONING | Salt, vinegar, pepper or sugar added to food in the course of its preparation |
| PIZZATOPPING | Pepperoni, mushroom or green pepper ... or what each cluster of black squares represents in this puzzle |
| DAHLIA | Blooming in all colours apart from blue, Mexico's national flower whose types include pompon, ball, waterlily, collarette and anemoneflowered, or powder puff (6) |
| DENTIFRICE | Any substance, especially a paste or powder, for use in cleaning teeth (10) |
