| CAJUNS | *Like Creoles, spices in their cuisine tends to be a blend of salt, cayenne pepper, and garlic |
| MOUTHWASH | Hippocrates advocated a blend of salt, alum and vinegar as an early form of ____ |
| SOLUTION | Answer could be a blend of liquids, perhaps (8) |
| CAJUN | Name for the French-speaking people of Louisiana and their cuisine, music etc. (5) |
| NURSE | She tends to be a sister to all (5) |
| FREEZINGMIXTURE | Blend of salt and ice to obtain temperature below zero degrees Celsius (8,7) |
| SHRIMPPOBOYHOOD | "You feel like Creole fare with some Patricia Arquette?" |
| SPICY | Like Creole cooking |
| COBWEB | Short horse with first three figures from 13 down tends to be a dust collector (6) |
| CHILLI | Pod of a variety of capsicum, used in sauces, pickles, etc., dried and ground to create cayenne pepper (5) |
| CUMIN | Dry-roasted, ground seeds of a Mediterranean plant used as one of the spices in garam masala or to f |
| ELITE | Those living in Pwllheli tend to be a superior bunch of people (5) |
| SHRIMP | Brown -; traditionally potted with clarified butter, ground mace, nutmeg and cayenne pepper, a crustacean found in the tidal sands of Morecombe Bay (6) |
| OPALESCENT | It's a small operation getting drink to Cologne that tends to be sparkling in a range of colours (10 |
| MARINADE | Mix of oil, wine and spices in which meat, fish, etc. is soaked before cooking (8) |
| ONETRACK | Making good progress over puzzle finally - tend to be a far from lateral thinker (3-5,4) |
| MIND | Making good progress over puzzle finally - tend to be a far from lateral thinker (3-5,4) |
| MINCE | Dried fruit and spices, in a pie |
| SUMAC | Shrub whose fruits are used to make spices in Arab cuisine |
| PENNE | Type of pasta served up in cayenne pepper (5) |
