| SCALLOP | Mollusc with fan-shaped shells; or, a potato slice cooked in batter (7) |
| COCKLE | Mollusc with heart-shaped shells; or, a pucker in cloth or paper (6) |
| CRISPS | Potato slices, cooked with eel, could be priceless (6) |
| TEAPOT | Grate a potato slice for brewing requisite (6) |
| AMMO | Shotgun shells or a grenade for short |
| FRIEND | Starter of nectarine slices cooked in China |
| DELICATESSEN | Eat slices cooked in study, bought here? (12) |
| SCALLOPS | Marine bivalves with fan-shaped shells |
| TIMBALE | From "kettledrum", a dish of meat cooked in a cup-shaped pastry shell or a mould of the same name (7) |
| CANNOLI | Italian dessert consisting of tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough with a sweet, creamy filling (7) |
| MANCALA | Board game that can be played with cowry shells or stones |
| FRITTER | Item cooked in batter |
| TEMPURA | Japanese dish of food cooked in batter |
| TURKEYS | Birds with fan-shaped tails (7) |
| PALMYRA | Tropical plant with fan-shaped leaves (7) |
| HINGE | A cardinal direction - north, south, east or west; a device upon which a door or gate swings; the joint of a bivalve mollusc's shell; or, a philatelic mount for a postage stamp (5) |
| HOLE | An aperture, such as an animal's burrow, a cup in a green for a golf ball, a needle's eye or a potato in a sock (4) |
| OYSTER | Bivalve mollusc with a shuck for a shell; or a pale beige colour with a hint of pinkish-grey (6) |
| DRAGEE | Cake decoration in the form of a tiny silver ball or bead; sugar-coated nut; chocolate drop with a candy shell; or, a medicated sweet (6) |
| COX | From the Middle English for "boat boy", a short word for the skipper or helm of a lifeboat or racing shell; or, a cultivar of apple (3) |
