| REFRESHMENT | Article of food or drink |
| THERMOS | Brand of vacuum flask for regulating the temperature of food or drink while out on a picnic or day trip (7) |
| RINGPULL | Metal strip on the top of a can of food or drink used to open it (4,4) |
| HELPING | An individual portion of food or drink. |
| TASTE | Test the flavor of food or drink. (5) |
| SERVING | Portion of food or drink (7) |
| INGESTION | Swallowing of food or drink |
| FLAVOUR | The distinctive taste of food or drink (7) |
| BLINDTEST | Technique to compare brands of food or drink * (9) |
| EXCESS | Meaning "to go beyond", an overindulgence of food or drink (6) |
| ASTRAY | Like item server of food or drink may take off course (6) |
| PASTRY | Articles of food made of flour or dough collectively; the dough itself; a small individual cinnamon bun, eclair, gateau, millefeuille, puff, slice or other fancy; or, the crust of a galette des rois, |
| LIVERY | Historical provision of food or clothing for servants; distinctive garb of a member of a medieval trade guild or later City Company; or, the feeding and stabling of horses for pay (6) |
| PALATE | Word for the roof of the mouth, thus sense of taste; relish; flavour of wine; or, ability to appreciate the finer qualities of food or the aforesaid drink (6) |
| VIAND | An article of food, usually pluralised to mean food generally |
| ALIMENTARY | Target mouth, swallowing litre and article of food (10) |
| DISH | Article of food |
| PASTA | Historic article of food? (5) |
| MESS | Word once used for a portion of food or a set of four served together at a medieval banquet, hence a group of military personnel who eat together or the meal so taken (4) |
| EATS | Informal word for articles of food; provisions (4) |
