| MRSDASH | "The salt-free flavor statement" brand |
| FRESH | Saucy, but salt-free (5) |
| REED | Salt-free diets must include grass (4) |
| MRS | ___ Dash (salt-free seasoning) |
| TODIEFOR | Awesome junk food tries salt-free (2,3,3) |
| TONICADEBAMBARA | Author who wrote, "The dream is real, my friends. The failure to make it work is the unreality," in "The Salt Eaters" |
| BARGE | A flat-bottomed canal boat used for freight transport; the name of The Salt ___, at Marston, Northwich, reflects the region's mineral-producing heritage (5) |
| THRUSH | The bird could hurry after the last of the salt fish (6) |
| LOT | His wife was the salt of the earth |
| HOSED | Washed the salt from the deck, perhaps |
| PHOENIX | On the Salt River, the state capital of Arizona (7) |
| NARRATING | Managed to overturn the salt when telling the tale |
| LATHES | He spills the salt in the machines (6) |
| YEARE | '___ the salt of the earth': Matthew 5:13 |
| MESSMATE | Salt who passes the salt, e.g. |
| SAL | She is the salt of the earth (3) |
| NECESSITY | Marlene Dietrich sang, "You're the cream in my coffee; You're the salt in my stew; You will always b |
| IDBE | "You're the cream in my coffee; You're the salt in my stew; You will always be, my necessity; ... lo |
| CREAM | Jack Hylton & his Orchestra played, "You're the ... in my coffee; You're the salt in my stew; You wi |
| SUNDRIED | Start to dig the salt of the earth, among other things, as possible building material (3-5,6) |
