| ASSAULT | Offensive, a flavouring by the sound of it? (7) |
| VANILLA | A member of the orchid family; its seed pod is used as a flavouring; name of a fashionable women's clothing store in Hale (7) |
| MENTHOL | A crystalline compound with a minty taste and smell that is used as a flavouring (7) |
| ANISEED | The seeds of this plant are widely used as a flavouring in food and drink, notably in Mallorca's Hierbas liqueur (7) |
| ENSURED | A flavouring is included in a state requiring relief (7) |
| RATAFIA | I need a raft with a flavouring to it |
| ESSENCE | Extract/concentrate obtained from a plant and used as a flavouring (7) |
| CHARM | From the Latin for "incantation", a word for attractiveness or the power of fascination; or, paired with the adjective "offensive", a classic example of an oxymoron (5) |
| OREGANO | Golden number surrounding, say, a flavouring (7) |
| BITTERS | Spirit flavoured with plant extract used as a flavouring in alcoholic drinks (7) |
| SAFFRON | Dried plant stigmas, used as a flavouring (7) |
| JUNIPER | Tree whose cones are used as a flavouring in making gin (7) |
| ALECOST | Plant used as a flavouring for beer |
| CARAWAY | Its seeds are used a flavouring for bread |
| AIRSTRIKE | Wartime offensive a cause of radio silence? (3,6) |
| ATTACK | Offensive, a course inspiring thuggery primarily (6) |
| ANATHEMA | Being offensive, a man harboured hate (8) |
| TAMARIND | A pulp from the pod of a tree of the pea family, used as a flavouring in Asian cuisine (8) |
| TASTELESS | Offensive, a ... joke |
| KIRSCH | Meaning "cherry", a type of morello eau de vie, enjoyed as an aperitif, as a flavouring in Black Forest gateau or in the centres of chocolate liqueurs (6) |
