| MICROBE | Little one starts to marinade Indian chutney dressing (7) |
| APPLE | Flavor of many Anglo-Indian chutneys |
| TENDERISE | One entering offers third of beef to marinade |
| ROAST | To marinade and cook in spiced wine or vinegar (5) |
| SOAK | To marinade, saturate or steep, be it in barbecue sauce, bath water, brandy or other liquor, even cheap (4) |
| INCISOR | One starts to notice Cherokee Indian with singular gold tooth (7) |
| FOUNDER | One starts to subside (7) |
| LENIENT | Indulgent one starts to eat nuts in time of fasting (7) |
| TATTLER | One starts to transmit rumours about old PM, mostly (7) |
| IDOLISE | Worship of false god, perhaps, one starts to sense (7) |
| CLARINO | It's clear, without energy one starts to nod off and stop (7) |
| TBILISI | Complaint one starts to learn is spreading in capital city (7) |
| CARDIFF | City ace, maybe, one starts to find fifth-rate |
| CAPITAL | One starts a sentence - sentence ended here (7) |
| AFFABLE | Pleasant, fine tale one starts (7) |
| LIGHTER | Weaker one starts a fire (7) |
| IDLE | One starts to do little evidently ___ becoming this? (4) |
| AMNESIAC | One forgets various names and one starts to annoy colleagues |
| ISLET | One starts to secure lifebelt, expecting to land in river |
| OUSEL | One starts to employ learner as a little bird |
