| FSA | Government department responsible for comestibles (3) |
| EDIBLES | General word for comestibles, fare, food, provender, tuck, viands etc, fit for human consumption (7) |
| PATENT | Government department responsible for preventing invention fraud (6,6) |
| OFFICE | Government department responsible for preventing invention fraud (6,6) |
| TREASURY | Government department responsible for economic strategy in Britain (8) |
| HMRC | Government department responsible for assessing and collecting taxes (4) |
| DEFENSE | Ministry of -; government department responsible for protecting the UK and its overseas territoriesA |
| CAN | A vessel for preserved comestibles such as anchovies, baked beans, olives, peaches, pop or sardines; or, a short word for a spouted vessel with a nozzle/rose for watering plants (3) |
| HUMANRESOURCES | Department responsible for the workforce of an organisation (5,9) |
| EAT | Enjoy comestibles |
| MENSWEAR | In the department responsible for cover-up, some people take a vow? (8) |
| GULAG | Formerly, the Soviet administrative department responsible for maintaining prisons and forced labour camps |
| YAM | Candied comestible |
| TINOFSARDINES | Packed comestibles, the produce of Indian forests? (3,2,8) |
| GRUB | Comestibles, if you please, for the little maggot! (4) |
| EATS | Informal word for aliment, comestibles, light food or snacks (4) |
| SUPERFOOD | Word for any of various nutritious comestibles such acai, blueberry, goji, kale or quinoa (5,4) |
| FOODWEB | Flies caught by spiders could be part of an interconnected pattern of comestibles (4,3) |
| NOSH | Word for the bread, comestibles, pabulum, provender, victuals or other such alimentary fare taken in to nourish thought and foster life (4) |
| PIES | 'Sweeney Todd' comestibles |
