| TANGINESS | A distinctively sharp taste, flavour or smell usually applied to foods (9) |
| TANG | Distinctively sharp taste (4) |
| SEASONING | Something applied to food to add flavour (9) |
| EXCISEDUTY | Tax usually applied to goods prior to purchase |
| LOCUM | - tenens, term dating back to the 17th century, now usually applied to someone standing in (e.g. for another doctor) (5) |
| GLAZE | Liquid applied to food to give it a glossy coating. (5) |
| VAPID | Lacking taste, flavour or tang (5) |
| BLAND | Lacking taste, flavour or tang (5) |
| AROMA | A strong, pleasant smell, usually from food or drink (5) |
| TALCUM | ___ powder, usually applied after bathing (6) |
| ADDITIVES | Substances added to foods to improve them or prevent deterioration (9) |
| STRIPLING | Old word, facetiously hinting at the narrowness of a belt, for a mere slip of a boy, lanky young lad or narrow-framed youth, distinctively thin and svelte (9) |
| WHEATGERM | Vitamin-rich cereal extract, often added to foods |
| AMERICANA | A Cinerama production showing things distinctively from the US (9) |
| STARANISE | Distinctively shaped spice with a liquorice-like flavour (4,5) |
| TASTELESS | Lacking flavour, or offensively inappropriate (9) |
| TASTINESS | Flavour or deliciousness |
| TWANG | A sound of a plucked string; a sharp flavour or "smack"; a twinge; a nasal tone; or, a trace of a regional accent, aka local intonation (5) |
| ARROWHEAD | Aquatic plant with distinctively shaped leaves (9) |
| ETHER | From the Greek for "upper air", a word originally used to refer to matter once believed to permeate all space beyond the moon, later a distinctively sweet-scented volatile liquid (5) |
