| PARSONSNOSE | At the vicarage one might smell a portion of chicken (7, 4) |
| SCAREDYCATS | Cadets scary perhaps but turned out to be chickens (7-4) |
| ABREAST | Alongside a portion of chicken (7) |
| MISSMARPLE | Who made her first appearance in The Murder at the Vicarage? (4,6) |
| MARPLE | Miss Jane, who solved "The Murder at the Vicarage" |
| JACOBI | Sir Derek, who appeared in a TV adaptation of 6, 8 across's The Murder At The Vicarage (6) |
| KEEPABREAST | Be in the swim and retain a portion of chicken (4,7) |
| BABYSBREATH | What might smell of Gerber products? |
| WAITING | From the buffet, getting through a portion of chicken and fish (7) |
| ENTAILS | Involves a portion of chicken tail soup (7) |
| SHADOWING | After the fish ball, a portion of chicken (9) |
| WHITING | From the buffet, getting through a portion of chicken and fish |
| RAGE | Half the vicarage in a violent mood (4) |
| GELATIN | Setter throwing up egg and a piece of chicken (7) |
| DIRECTORIES | Phone books for 501 vicarages (11) |
| COCKTAIL | Drink with a portion of chicken (8) |
| LEGHORN | A small hardy breed of chicken (7) |
| SUPREME | Diana Ross's colleague is kind of chicken (7) |
| NUGGETS | Coated in just egg, uncooked round pieces of chicken (7) |
| HOUSE | One of the two chambers of a bicameral legislature; dwelling such as a bothy, cottage, grange, manor, rectory or vicarage; or, a theatre (5) |