| PASANDA | Mild curry of northern India traditionally consisting of flattened meat marinated in a yogurt-based sauce; from Urdu, 'favourite' (7) |
| TERIYAKI | A Japanese dish of shellfish or meat marinated in a soy sauce and grilled (8) |
| CHICKENKORMA | A mild curry of Indian origin with a marinated white meat (7,5) |
| RAITA | In Ankara I tasted a yogurt-based dish (5) |
| TOERINGS | What married women in India traditionally wear |
| ACAI | Berry in a yogurt bowl |
| TIKKA | Asian dish of small pieces of meat and vegetables marinated in a sauce and cooked on a skewer (5) |
| CIRCLE | An arrangement of standing stones, such as that at Avebury; a ring of flattened grain stalks in a crop field; or, a planet's orbit (6) |
| CROPCIRCLE | Mysterious pattern of flattened stalks of grain in a field (4,6) |
| CARPACCIO | Traditional Italian appetiser of raw meat or fish thinly sliced and marinated in a tangy dressing (9) |
| RATED | Ordered two slices of meat marinated in wine (5) |
| GOLGICOMPLEX | Organelle in eukaryotic cells made up of a series of flattened, stacked pouches called cisternae. It's responsible for transporting, modifying, and packaging proteins and lipids into vesicles. |
| LIMA | Type of flattened, whitish edible bean, the seed of a tropical American plant (Phaseolus lunatus) (4) |
| SAUERBRATEN | German dish of beef marinated in a vinegar mixture before cooking (11) |
| KEBAB | Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables. |
| ESCABECHE | Originally 3D dish of seafood or meat marinated and cooked in an acidic mixture |
| UTTARAKHAND | State of northern India bordering Tibet and Nepal, named in its anthem as Devbhumi (Land of the Gods) (11) |
| AGRA | City of northern India that served as capital of the Mughal Empire in the 15th and 16th centuries (4) |
| KORMA | A little snack - or maybe a mild curry (5) |
| GANGES | Major river of northern India and central Bangladesh formed by the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda (6) |
