| FISHER | Food writer whose numerous books include The Gastronomical Me and The Physiology of Taste (6) |
| SAVARIN | Light ring-shaped yeast cake soaked with rum or other alcohol, named after the French author of 1825's The Physiology of Taste (7) |
| DENCH | Actress whose numerous roles include Queen Victoria in Mrs Brown and M in many of the James Bond films (5) |
| OIL | Avocado-, canola-, flax-, linseed-, olive-, poppy- or vegetable-derived nonpolar substance immiscible with water, whose numerous applications include colour blending, cookery and cricket bat preservat |
| EDWARD | Forename of an artist who illustrated editions of numerous books, including Minnow on the Say, My Uncle Silas, The Otterbury Incident and Stig of the Dump (6) |
| HUXLEY | English scientist noted for his work with Sir Alan Hodgkin on the physiology of nerve transmission ( |
| AUSTER | Paul, U.S. novelist and essayist whose books include the New York Trilogy (6) |
| BUCHAN | John ---, Scottish novelist and politician whose books include The Thirty-Nine Steps (6) |
| LEAVIS | F R ___, English literary critic whose books include The Great Tradition and The Common Pursuit |
| UTTLEY | Alison ___, British writer whose children's books include the Little Grey Rabbit series |
| BRANDT | Bill, British photographer whose books include The English at Home (6) |
| HAEMATOLOGY | The study of the physiology of the blood |
| NIGELLA | Genus of love-in-a-mist; or, the first name of the food writer whose father served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1983-89 (7) |
| NEUROBIOLOGY | Science of the physiology of the nervous system |
| ACTON | Food writer whose Modern Cookery for Private Families set the standard for the format of future cookery books (5) |
| FREUD | Founder of psychoanalysis whose books include The Interpretation of Dreams and The Ego and the Id (5) |
| OTTOLENGHI | Yotam, Israeli-born chef, restaurateur and food writer whose cookery books include Plenty (10) |
| MAHY | New Zealand author of numerous books for children including Leaf Magic and A Lion in the Meadow (4) |
| DERMATOLOGIST | Doctor who specialises in the physiology and pathology of the skin (13) |
| LYON | Situated south of Macon, the gastronomical capital of France (4) |
