| DEFINED | Described as a portion of fish indeed! (7) |
| ANTIPASTO | Hors d'oeuvre or appetiser such as a portion of olives, marinated artichoke hearts, prosciutto, mozzarella or roasted almonds, traditionally served as the first course of an Italian meal (9) |
| ASPIC | Something savoury as a portion of pickles (5) |
| HALIBUT | A portion of fish, Ali? But it's a really big flatfish (7) |
| FINALLY | At last a friend gets a portion of fish! (7) |
| DECODED | Untangled fish indeed (7) |
| WRANGLE | We saw emails which showed BCM and the DW&S were in a tussle over the legality of the operation, which we described as a ... Like the name of cowboy jeans. (7) |
| SUNBEAM | A shaft of solar light described as a "god ray" when observed during the crepuscular or twilight hour(s); or, dated Australian slang, rhyming with "clean", for a piece of crockery or cutlery laid for |
| PARAGON | There's a groan from pa on being described as a model of perfection (7) |
| MYCELLA | Cheese with blue-green mould described as a Danish version of Gorgonzola (7) |
| FIND | Discover a bad bit on a portion of fish (4) |
| PYRAMID | Shape which in geometry is described as a polyhedron formed by connecting a polyagonal base and an apex (7) |
| HISTORY | The Merchant of Venice has been described as a comical ___. |
| KEROUAC | Novelist Jack whom Time once described as "a kind of literary James Dean" |
| EFFABLE | Can be described as a way to feel 'fab' (7) |
| FINO | With a portion of fish, also duck, you have sherry (4) |
| ALLY | Friend given a portion of fish in the end (4) |
| FINGERED | Touchingly, showed undue greed for a portion of fish! |
| SELFIES | Photos described as a "ubiquitous symbol of millennial navel-gazing" by The New Yorker |
| THEVERB | BBC Radio programme described as a "cabaret of the word", hosted by poet Ian McMillan (3,4) |
