| COLANDER | A pan with a perforated bottom, used for straining or rinsing foods (8) |
| SIEVE | Device with a meshed bottom, used for straining liquids, grading particles, etc. (5) |
| GAP | Finding a pan with a hole (3) |
| BURETTE | Glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock at the bottom used in laboratories (7) |
| ROSEBOWL | Original name of a cricket ground in the village of West End in Hampshire; or, a type of vase often with a perforated lid or "frog" (4,4) |
| PEGBOARD | A perforated device for keeping score in a game such as cribbage; a similar larger contrivance for display; or, another name for solitaire (8) |
| STENCILS | Designs made with a perforated pattern (8) |
| POTATOES | Vegetables put in pan with a bit of trotter (8) |
| PARMESAN | Cheese pan with a nasty smear inside (8) |
| CASTOR | A flour dredger-like pepperette or sugar shaker with a perforated top; a sextuple star system that is Pollux's less-bright twin in Gemini; a beaver, its genus or a hat from its fur; or, a small swivel |
| POMANDER | From the French meaning "apple of amber", a clove-studded orange or a perforated orb containing aromatic substances (8) |
| NONSTICK | Describing pans with a surface that prevents food adhering to it (3,5) |
| SHAKER | A pot with a perforated lid for dredging/sprinkling flour or sugar; or, a container in which to mix cocktails (6) |
| GRIDDLE | Iron plate for cooking drop scones or Scotch pancakes; or, a pan with ridges for charring foods such as sliced courgettes, halloumi or flatbread (7) |
| TEMSE | A sieve, especially one used for straining meal or flour. (5) |
| TAMMY | Woollen cloth used for straining sauces and soups (5) |
| BROGUE | Outdoor shoe with a perforated pattern in the leather (6) |
| BEAD | From "prayer", one of a string of paternosters forming a rosary; or, a perforated bugle, ojime, pearl, rondelle or seed for threading generally (4) |
| JACKETPOTATO | Cover pan with a lid, mostly for this dish (6,6) |
| PAELLA | A Spanish dish of saffron-flavoured rice, cooked in a pan with vegetables and chicken or seafood (6) |
