| PUN | "Out of thyme," for anyone except a chef |
| BURRITO | Our rib is cooked with a hint of thyme for Mexican dish (7) |
| ENTICEMENT | Clementine cooked with bit of thyme for large carrot (10) |
| HERB | Thyme, for a savory recipe (or a few of its fellow cabinet members) |
| HERBALTEASE | Chef who adds just a hint of thyme or rosemary? |
| RECITE | Read out recipe, substituting pepper for hint of thyme (6) |
| ISOBAR | Is nothing except a line on a weather map (6) |
| ACES | Nothing except a straight flush can beat four of these |
| SHARP | Song hunter who collected thousands of folk ballads whilst cycling the countryside including Bruton Town, Green Broom, The Seeds of Love and The Sprig of Thyme (5) |
| MEASLES | Use extract of thyme as lessening for fever (7) |
| PULSATE | Beat a bit of thyme into beans |
| INVENTIONS | Ideas at home on cooking venison with a bit of thyme (10) |
| RICOTTA | Soft, unsalted Italian food used for cheesecake, cannelloni with spinach or baked with thyme for rustic bread (7) |
| MAT | What's often kept under glass? Mint and thyme for starters |
| HERBS | Rosemary and thyme, for two |
| REPUTATION | "One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good ___": Oscar Wilde (10) |
| REMINDER | What's left except a cue (8) |
| LOUNGEBAR | Nothing in 2 except a place to drink (6,3) |
| OUGHT | Anything purchased, except a book |
| ORB | Practically any ball except a football |
