| INEDIBLE | Dine out in France: the starters of intestines and brains ingested - unfit for consumption (8) |
| LOANSHARKS | Those generating a lot of interest in the starters of antipasti - namely, salami hams found in Early Birds (4,6) |
| DECOLONISE | Remove part of intestine and unsettle? (10) |
| CATGUT | A cord made from sheep intestines and used for sutures in closing wounds. (6) |
| MAISON | Family members eating starter of intestines in French accommodation (6) |
| READYSTEADYGO | Words uttered by the starter of the race? (5,6,2) |
| DICES | Chops up the starter of dates with cold refreshments (5) |
| ACAI | Disembowelled Aztec, opened an intestine and found fruit |
| DENATURE | Render unfit for consumption article in plate (8) |
| WAGONLIT | Where the traveller may get out in France? |
| REDBERET | Revolutionary worn out in France goes with military on ahead (3,5) |
| BEFUDDLE | Confuse the starters in brilliant Eclipse fields unless deemed decidedly less eclipsable (8) |
| DISTANCE | Cast dine out in reserve (8) |
| LANDSIDE | Lad dines out in part of airport |
| DUODENUM | Mound due to be found battered in part of intestine (8) |
| ESSAYIST | Perhaps Lamb escalopes without stuffing, for example, is the starter (8) |
| BULKHEAD | Wall retaining body and brain (8) |
| DONOHARM | 2014 memoir subtitled "Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery" |
| APERITIF | Opening shot before the starter's orders (8) |
| ICECREAM | Skid lids & brain buckets, in other words |
