| SPICES | Cumin, cardamom etc (6) |
| GARAMMASALA | Hot spice mixture used in Indian cookery, typically including cumin, cardamom and coriander (5,6) |
| SPICE | Cumin or cardamom |
| GINGER | Rhizome of a plant related to cardamom, galangal and turmeric, used fresh as a culinary spice in curry pastes and Thai-style fish cakes (6) |
| TALCUM | Powdery stuff in supplemental cumin (6) |
| SPICED | Flavoured with cumin or cinnamon, eg (6) |
| KUMMEL | German liqueur flavoured with aniseed and cumin (6) |
| SQUASH | Butternut"; gourd that can be pured for soups, curried with red lentils and coconut milk or roasted with cumin for warm salads and Buddha bowls (6) |
| TIRANA | Last of the cumin in Raita mixture from European capital (6) |
| LEYDEN | What is the dark yellow, semi- hard cheese spiced with caraway, clove and cumin and made in the Netherlands from cows milk? (6) |
| AWOKEN | Stirred a pan with thyme and cumin at the bottom (6) |
| CYMENE | Aromatic compound found in cumin, thyme, oregano |
| SEASON | Add cumin to, say |
| KULFI | Milk-based Indian ice cream, traditionally flavoured with pistachio, cardamom, saffron etc. (5) |
| CHAI | Judaism's symbol of life; or, sweet milky Assam, Ceylon or Darjeeling tea infused with a masala of cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ginger etc (4) |
| CARDAMOM | Cardamom (8) |
| AMMO | Shot tipped in cardamom macchiato |
| LASSI | Drink that may be flavored with cardamom |
| HERB | Cardamom or cinnamon for example |
| PEDA | Doughy Indian dessert flavored with cardamom |
