| OLIVEOIL | Ingredient such as the fine grade extra virgin variety (5,3) |
| FYC | As the Fine Young Cannibals were shortly to be known (1-1-1) |
| DREAD | Horror brought by low grade - extra study required (5) |
| PROTEINS | Institute in Preston working with ingredients such as milk and cheese (8) |
| LACERATE | Cut fabric that's fine grade |
| TORTELLI | Ravioli-like pasta dish typically made with ingredients such as ricotta, ceps, grated parmigiano, melted butter or spinach (8) |
| SALADOIL | Extra virgin on a cold dish, perhaps (5,3) |
| LEGUME | Ingredient such as a bean formed by anagramming the last six letters of "indulge me" |
| SPICE | Culinary ingredient such as cumin or nutmeg (5) |
| DRIZZLE | Related to "dreary", a word for light rain or thick mist; or, in cookery, a thin stream of a liquid ingredient, such as icing trickled over lemon cake (7) |
| ACID | A culinary term for a sharp- or sour-tasting ingredient, such as lemon/lime juice, vinegar or wine (4) |
| RHUBARB | Vegetable eaten as a fruit in dishes such as crumble and fool, generally cooked with vast quantities of sugar and other ingredients such as orange, ginger and redcurrants (7) |
| HUMECTANT | Moisture-retaining, as of skincare ingredients such as glycerol and hyaluronic acid (9) |
| QUICHE | Baked with ingredients such as haddock, cheese, broccoli, spinach or grilled courgettes, a savoury flan often served as part of a picnic (6) |
| TONER | A fine black or coloured powdered pigment used in xerography; or, a skin tonic prepared with ingredients such as cucumber extract, rosewater or witch-hazel (5) |
| ACHAR | Spicy Indian pickle or preserve based on ingredients such as mango or lime (5) |
| PIZZAS | Flatbreads topped with ingredients such as passata, mozzarella/burrata, anchovies, black olives, ore |
| MELON | Fruit classically paired with ingredients such as cucumber, cured ham, ginger, mint, pear, strawberr |
| CHICKPEAS | Legumes cooked with ingredients such as butternut squash and chorizo (9) |
| FUDGE | Cuboid confection flavoured with ingredients such as vanilla, chocolate, sea salt, pistachio, rum an |
