| DRYEST | Like wines with the lowest sugar content: Var. |
| SEMIDRY | Like wines with less residual sugar than sweet wines |
| DRY | Like wine with no residual sugar |
| PAIRED | Like wine with cheese, often |
| CORKY | Like wine with a musty taint |
| SWEET | A bonbon; or, a description of a wine with a high sugar content, often served with puddings (5) |
| STEERAGE | The part of a passenger ship in the past with the lowest fares (8) |
| SWEETCORN | Maize with high sugar content kernels (9) |
| SWEETRIESLING | German white wine with a high sugar content |
| CORN | Sweet - - - -, maize plant with a high sugar content (4) |
| NOBLEROT | Fungus which attacks ripe grapes and increases the sugar content (5,3) |
| INSTATE | Like colleges with the lowest tuition, for residents |
| YUMA | Arizona city with the lowest annual precipitation in the contiguous United States |
| FOUNDATION | Start, with the lowest support: that's the basic idea. (10) |
| AFRICA | Where the 10 countries with the lowest median age are all located |
| PRICIER | Like wines that have been aged for longer, often |
| OAKY | Like wines aged in barrels |
| OAKIER | Like wines aged in barrels vis-a-vis tanks |
| THREE | The dessert wine with the hot liquid is drunk (5,6,2,3,4) |
| RECOMMENDS | A good waiter usually does this to help a diner pair the right wine with the entree |
