| GIRLPOWER | Fix up starter of pilau with reduced packaging. Spices strong with it? (4,5) |
| ARM | What's strong with Louis and Neil? |
| FALSETTO | Voice is strong with one having left altercation (8) |
| CLOWNISHNESS | Nemo's kind, not strong with head for stupidity (12) |
| NEPHRITIC | Mix a bit of pilau rice with hint of kidneys (9) |
| REPULSIVE | I serve up starter of liver, awfully disgusting |
| AUGUSTINE | Order starter and eat using last of pilau, unusually |
| POPESNOSE | Father's offspring serves up starter eaten with piece of chicken (4'1,4) |
| MARSUPIAL | One with a pouch to cook pilau under ruins (9) |
| SCINTILLA | Scrap a can it still be recycled with reduced temperature? (9) |
| ASITWERE | Waiters mixed up starter of 'escargot' or 'espresso' in manner of speaking (2,2,4) |
| TRAILBIKE | Transport in scramble with reduced rail service: fancy catching bus, initially? (5,4) |
| ELEMENTAL | Sell pared Swiss cheese with reduced mass ___ that's the spirit (9) |
| ARMADILLO | Mammal frantic in a small stream with reduced oxygen (9) |
| DUMPS | Tips for serving up starter of mashed potato outside (5) |
| PEANUTOIL | Liquid used in cooking a sort of pilau - not with rice, ultimately (6,3) |
| MISDO | Mess up starter of dumplings in Japanese soup (5) |
| SLICING | Dividing up starters of Sally Lunn with sugary topping |
| FURY | Small fish taking in last of pilau causes outrage (4) |
| PILAF | Singer grabs plate of pilau (5) |