| FORAGING | Act of mushrooming or generally searching for food in the wild (8) |
| PIGSTIES | Word, the etymological root of "stables", for hog-pens/swine houses; or, by extension, hovels, shacks or generally unkempt messy places (8) |
| FAMILIAR | To be commonly or generally known, is to be what (8) |
| NORMALLY | Usually or generally (8) |
| ATYPICAL | Unusual, unnatural craving for food in Italy leaving one puzzled (8) |
| SCAVENGE | Search for food in various caves around England (8) |
| TREATIES | Break for food in attempts to reach agreements (8) |
| BURSTING | Mushrooming |
| THRIVING | Mushrooming |
| MATURING | Mushrooming |
| BROWNING | Mushrooming |
| RAVENOUS | Desperate for food in Paris, we put on a party |
| GADOGADO | Perform boring joke, song and dance for food in Asia |
| TORTILLA | Cultivate area below hill for food in Mexico |
| LANDARMY | Women's force for food in World War II (4,4) |
| FORAGE | Look for food in the wild |
| DISORDER | Detective's request for food in mess |
| BREADLINE | Term often used for the poverty-stricken people queueing for food in the Great Depression (9) |
| MESSABOUT | Informal term meaning dilly-dally, footle, potter or tinker, like Ratty in boats, say; to meddle or interfere; to caper, gambol, skylark or play the fool; or, to carry on, philander, romp or generally |
| BREAKFASTCEREAL | Quick film shown in parts, say, after interval for food in the morning (9,6) |
