| EDGING | Crystallised ginger inside border (6) |
| STEM | Pieces of crystallised ginger preserved in syrup (4) |
| SUGAR | "Jaggery" used to sweeten festive fare including brandy snaps, citrus peel, crystallised ginger, frumenty, gingerbread, glace cherries, jellies, marron glace, marzipan, mulled wine, nougat and Turkish |
| GRUMPY | Cross those left inside borders of Germany (6) |
| TSETSE | Fly groups inside borders in turbulence (6) |
| RHEIMS | Somewhere in France chap's found inside borders |
| FROSTY | Covered in crystallised water droplets (6) |
| SORBET | Ice crystallised around the globe (6) |
| GINGER | Fresh, powdered, crystallised or preserved in syrup, a spice derived from a rhizome used to flavour biscuits, treacle tarts, cakes, curries and sushi (6) |
| VIOLET | Growing in woodlands, meadows and hedgerows, a plant with flowers symbolising modesty, sometimes crystallised for cake decorations (6) |
| CRUSTA | Word for a hard coating, layer or shell, such as the crystallised lip of a sugar-dipped cocktail glass (6) |
| DRYICE | Crystallised carbon dioxide (3,3) |
| LENINIST | Revolutionary holding a number up inside border (8) |
| MENORAH | Girl inside border returned with Jewish symbol |
| MARCHERS | People demonstrating right inside border districts |
| ABUT | Cab u-turns just inside border |
| CRIME | America, inside borders, redefined unlawful acts? (5) |
| SUSPEND | Arrest extremely useless writer inside borders of Switzerland (7) |
| EMEND | Polish workers inside borders of England (5) |
| PARMAVIOLET | Purple flower often crystallised (5,6) |
