| RUBYRED | Colour of a variety of port wine or of Dorothy Gale's slippers (4-3) |
| RUBY | From the Latin meaning "red", a precious gemstone with a lustre known as silk that is also a word used to describe a style of port wine or a variety of grapefruit (4) |
| AMBER | The colour of a variety of bream (5) |
| ALAMODE | French for "in the fashion" that refers to a current style; of beef, larded and braised in wine; or, of puddings, served with ice cream (1,2,4) |
| TOTO | The name of Dorothy Gale's little dog in L Frank Baum's Oz series of books for children (4) |
| RUBYSLIPPER | One of Dorothy Gale's pair |
| TAWNY | Variety of port (5) |
| TASTE | Sensation of a salty, savoury, sharp, sour, spicy or sweet flavour, as studied in neurogastronomy; or, a sample of a food or wine or of any experience (5) |
| GULP | A large noisy guzzle or swill, be it of water, wine or of dry anxious air when faced with an unexpected tax bill (4) |
| KANSAS | Home state of Dorothy Gale, who in a 1939 film is swept up in a tornado (6) |
| DIANAROSS | Portrayer of Dorothy Gale in 1978's "The Wiz" |
| DHANSAK | Any of a variety of Indian dishes consisting of meat or vegetables braised with water or stock and lentils (7) |
| MARMITE | Brand name of a variety of savoury yeast extract which, according to its slogan, you either "love or |
| SPROUTS | Brussels ___, the budlike heads of tightly folded leaves of a variety of cabbage (7) |
| SCRUMPY | From "withered apples", name of a variety of cider traditionally brewed in the West Country from said small shrivelled windfalls or griggles (7) |
| BOURBON | Former French royal house, also the name of a variety of American whiskey (7) |
| GARLAND | Judy -; actress remembered for her role as Dorothy Gale in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz (7) |
| GINGHAM | From Dorothy Gale's dress in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Katharine Hepburn's in The Philadelphia Story to bistro tablecloths and jam jar covers, textile called vichy in France (7) |
| PIGTAIL | One of two worn by Dorothy Gale |
| COMPERE | Host of a variety show (7) |
