| NAMKIN | A regional Indian name, from "salty", for any savoury snack, from badam lachha and bhujia to chaat (6) |
| GARLIC | A pungent alliaceous bulb used to flavour aioli, curry, pistou or any savoury canape/crepe and whose name, from "spear-leek", refers to its cloves' apparent spearhead-like shape (6) |
| SCOTCHEGG | Savoury snack from a whisky omelette? (6-3) |
| SLATES | Criticises dishes, a little salty for prince (6) |
| LAMBADA | Dance by the French eating badam nuts (7) |
| SWEET | A long way from salty |
| ALEE | Away from salty wind |
| 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) |
| TRUMPETS | Name, rhyming with a regional word for pikelets, for fanfaring brass instruments to whose notes and flared ends elephants' calls and daffodils' coronas are likened respectively (8) |
| CHAR | Word thought to be an anglicisation of the Chinese or Indian name for tea that is used as an informal British name for the aforementioned beverage (4) |
| GILL | Ruby Ferguson's series of pony books for children; a female ferret; or, a regional name for ground ivy (4) |
| TELLTALE | A sneak, snitch or squealer who reveals the misdeeds or secrets of others; an indicator, monitor or recording clock; a regional name for an avian tattler/yellowlegs; or, a dogvane, showing the directi |
| OCALA | City whose name is derived from a Timucua Indian name |
| ULSTER | As a regional breakfast, the “____ fry” adds fried soda bread and potato cake to a “full English” |
| INVERCARGILL | City on South Island, New Zealand, that is a regional trading centre for sheep and agricultural products |
| GENOESE | Relating to a regional capital in northern Italy (pop about 580,000), a major seaport (7) |
| KIBBEH | Levantine literal "ball" of spiced bulgur wheat and lamb prepared as a savoury snack or as part of a meze (6) |
| BHEL | ___PURI - chaat made of puffed rice, vegetables and a tamarind sauce |
| WINDSCREEN | What protects driver from snakes with Indian name |
| TAO | American Indian name for 'Pueblo'; 'willow people' |
