| TORES | A solid or surface in the form of a bagel or a ring doughnut; a tokamak; the receptacle of a flower such as a daisy; or, in classical architecture, a moulding above a column's plinth (5) |
| DATED | David ate doughnuts - a bit old? (5) |
| HOLE | Center of a bagel or doughnut |
| PLASMA | Substance in a tokamak |
| CHEESE | Food loved by turophiles, aged by affineurs and sold in fromageries; or, the receptacle of a thistle-head (6) |
| TORUS | The receptacle of a flower (5) |
| WREATH | Circlet of flowers or foliage used as a decoration or a victor's chaplet; a carved representation of such; or, a ring of twisted gold or silver (6) |
| TAB | A small flap or strip; a loop for drawing a stage curtain; the drape itself; a cigarette; an insignia on a staff officer's collar; an Oxonian's name for a Cambridge student; or, in the US, a restauran |
| SHANK | Stem of an anchor, spoon or key; or, a ring or loop on the back of a type of button without holes (5) |
| COBBLE | Known in French as pave, type of stone forming part of the road surface in the Tour of Flanders or P |
| BOX | A topiary shrub/tree; a receptacle of wood or cardboard; a bout of fisticuffs; or, a television set (3) |
| TURRET | Either of two brass or steel loops on a horse's harness through which driving reins pass; or, a ring on a dog's collar for attaching a lead or chain (6) |
| BUNCH | Posy of flowers; hand of bananas; a cluster of grapes or, a ring of keys (5) |
| DISC | Receptacle of composite flowers, such as the daisy; also the middle part of the lip of an orchid (4) |
| GOBLET | Type of chalice; or, the jug-like receptacle of a liquidiser/blender (6) |
| FLOUR | Ingredient in a bagel or bloomer, I'm told (5) |
| POPPYSEED | *Bagel or dressing choice (in each starred answer, note three outer letters and a pair of inner ones!) |
| ROAST | Receptacle of a new sort you are critical of (5) |
| INSTRUMENTPANEL | A surface in the front of an aircraft where dials and switches are located (10,5) |
| AILERON | A hinged surface in the trailing edge of an aircraft wing (7) |
