| ERIKSATIE | Composer of the piano works Gnossiennes and Trois morceaux en forme de poire |
| SATIE | French composer whose works include "Trois Morceaux en forme de poire" |
| DEUX | It falls between un and trois |
| EGAL | Like three and trois |
| LISZT | Composer of the piano piece played in the "Tom and Jerry" short "The Cat Concerto" |
| MODESTMOUSSORGSKY | In a variant from the commonest transliteration, the composer of the piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition |
| BATTER | A striker in cricket; a mixture of eggs, flour and milk as the basis of Breton galettes, crepes, crumpets, drop scones and pancakes; or, a damaged piece of type in a forme (6) |
| COOKERYBOOK | With numerous examples including Apicius, The English Huswife, The Forme of Cury, Good Things in England and Larousse Gastronomique, any compendium of recipes and handy culinary tips (7,4) |
| CLAUDEDEBUSSY | Composer of the piano piece Clair de Lune (6,7) |
| CARAWAY | Described in The Forme of Cury written by the cooks of Richard II's medieval court, seed-like fruits used as a spice to flavour Tudor knot biscuits or jumbles and ryebread (7) |
| PLATEN | From the French for "flat", a part of a printing press that pushes the paper against the forme/type; or, the roller in a typewriter (6) |
| SCHUMANN | Robert, 19c German composer of the piano pieces Kreisleriana (8) |
| LEVIATHAN | 1651 book by Thomas Hobbes subtitled The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil (9) |
| EAUDEVIE | Apple-jack, Calvados, framboise, kirsch, mirabelle, Poire Williams, slivovitz or other clear digestif brandy or "water of life" capturing the aromatic essence of fruit in a bottle (3,2,3) |
| OUTCOME | The result of keeping the wrong company, forme(7) |
| JUSTVISITING | Jean-Marie Poire film comedy starring Jean Reno and Christian Clavier (4,8) |
| ESPARTO | Gnossiennes, part of which this ropemaker's got into (7) |
| ERIK | "Gnossiennes" composer Satie |
| BOSC | Poire belle Helene option |
| JOINTHECLUB | Things are just as bad forme! (4,3,4) |
