| CUSSER | Candidate for a mouthful of soap |
| MORSEL | Word, from Old French for "to bite", for a mouthful or choice scrap of food; a dainty; a small child or person; or, a modicum generally (6) |
| BITSANDPIECES | Took a mouthful of grains with parts of oddments |
| AMANDA | Seyfried of "A Mouthful of Air" |
| ORAL | Final test mandating a mouthful of mumbo-jumbo? O, relax, Master of Arts in distress! (4,4) |
| EXAM | Final test mandating a mouthful of mumbo-jumbo? O, relax, Master of Arts in distress! (4,4) |
| BITE | Nibble / a mouthful of food |
| TONGUEINCHEEK | With ironic intent and a mouthful of meat |
| PISA | Knocks back a mouthful of drink in Italian city (4) |
| SUPPORT | Take a mouthful of wine, it's sustaining (7) |
| PESTO | Sauce NYT Cooking described as "a mouthful of bright summer" |
| AIR | Easy thing to get a mouthful of |
| VASE | One with a mouthful of stems? |
| DELTA | A mouthful of water |
| SLANG | Give one a mouthful - of jargon! (5) |
| TIBIA | Bone I bit a mouthful of (5) |
| ABITOFAPICKLE | A mouthful of sauerkraut, perhaps, is somewhat tricky (1,3,2,1,6) |
| RUNNER | Narrow length of carpet for candidate for a post (6) |
| AMHERSTHAMSTER | Candidate for a new mascot at a Massachusetts college? |
| BROKEDOWN | Became a candidate for a handyman |
