| DIETED | Out East, the couple watched what they ate |
| STEW | What they ate out West? (4) |
| GREATBASIN | North American region bordered by the Sierra Nevada range on the west, the Wasatch Mountains on the east, the Columbia Plateau on the north, and the Mojave Desert on the south. |
| RUNCIBLE | "They dined on mince and slices of quince, which they ate with a - spoon" (The Owl and the Pussy-Cat) (8) |
| RUNCIBLESPOON | "They dined on mince and slices of quince / which they ate with a ____" (The Owl and the Pussy-Cat) |
| MINERS | They're underground workers in the East, the wife holds (6) |
| COOL | "Why did the hipster burn their mouth on the pizza?" "They ate it before it was ___" |
| SELLAPUP | Swindle from the east the French readily swallow |
| ORIENTAL | Pertaining to the East: the opposite of occidental (8) |
| ESSEN | Head east, the wrong way, to reach city on the Ruhr (5) |
| TARE | The sailor has gone East - the weed! (4) |
| IMAGE | Idol from the East the Wise Men turned to first (5) |
| CURTSEYED | Disrespectful son watched what respectful girl did? |
| ESPIED | Watched what Bond did behind Madeleine's back (6) |
| DYSPEPSIA | The spy dies - pa too - it must have been something they ate! (9) |
| SPINACH | Strange chaps in Popeye's day would fight to the finish if they ate it all (7) |
| FETA | Cheese and fried eggs they ate for starters (4) |
| EDAMAME | In cinema, mad enthusiast recalled, they ate Japanese appetiser |
| SINECURE | In the East, the remedy for sin is to find a job with no work! (8) |
| SEAT | Shout from south-east - the politician assumes it for him (4) |
