| TIN | Metal that's the main ingredient in pewter |
| VODKA | Alcoholic spirit of Russian origin that's the main ingredient in a Bloody Mary |
| COBALT | Nickel-like metal that's the name for a shade of blue |
| WHITERICE | Grain formed by milk's color + the main ingredient in risotto: 2 wds. (Theme answer: This answer is formed by the last names of athletes mentioned in the clue.) |
| CHICLE | Milky latex of the sapodilla, or naseberry, tree, used as the main ingredient in chewing gum (6) |
| EGGS | Staple food items that are the main ingredient in the Mediterranean dish shakshuka (4) |
| HOTPOTATO | Metaphor for a hard-to-handle situation formed by the opposite of "cold" + the main ingredient in French fries: 2 wds. |
| TEQUILA | What is the main ingredient in a margarita? (7) |
| CREAM | It's the main ingredient in an old-fashioned milkshake: ice ___ |
| AVOCADO | The main ingredient in guacamole (7) |
| LEEK | Vegetable which is the main ingredient in vichyssoise (4) |
| LEMONS | Fruit that are the main ingredient in a canary pudding (6) |
| BACON | One of the main ingredients in the dish angels on horseback (5) |
| LIVER | Part of the pig that is one of the main ingredients in Mallorca's traditional Frito Mallorquin dish (5) |
| ANISEED | Aromatic seeds with a liquorice flavour, one of the main ingredients in the Mallorcan liqueur Hierbas (7) |
| OATEN | Like the main ingredients in granola |
| SEGGS | Algospeak term formed by S + the main ingredients in omelets |
| GIST | Is in good time, that's the main point (4) |
| AMUDARYA | Historic river that's the main source of (what's left of) the Aral Sea |
| NICHOLSON | Beggarstaffs poster designer turned oil painter whose works include The Lustre Bowl with Green Peas, Miss Jekyll '5 Gardening Boots, Poppies in Pewter and Mushrooms (9) |