| ZANZIBAR | Producing spices including ginger, black pepper, turmeric and cinnamon, a semiautonomous archipelago 25 miles east of the Tanzanian mainland (8) |
| CURRY | Sauce made from turmeric and various spices and herbs |
| CURRYPOWDER | Ground mixed spices including turmeric, cumin, cloves, coriander, etc (5,6) |
| CURCUMA | Plant genus of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae) to which turmeric and zedoary belong (7) |
| DIABLE | Meaning "devil", word for a terracotta pot with a handle that also refers to a piquant or spicy French brown sauce with black pepper and cayenne (6) |
| MULLED | Description of red wine or cider infused with aromatic spices including cinnamon, cloves and star anise as a festive winter warmer (6) |
| CHAI | Assam or Darjeeling tea brewed with spices including, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg and cloves (4) |
| CHURRO | Spanish and Mexican snack consisting of a stick of deep-fried dough, often dusted with sugar and cinnamon and served with a chocolate sauce (6) |
| SPICERACKS | Places for turmeric and nutmeg |
| SPICES | Turmeric and such |
| DUXELLES | Finely chopped mixture of mushrooms, onions, herbs and black pepper, used to make a stuffing or sauce (8) |
| PIPER | Genus of black pepper and betel - after 'Maris'? (5) |
| SPAM | Canned meat with such varieties as Teriyaki and Black Pepper |
| BOURSIN | Brand of soft French cheese with garlic and fine herbs or black pepper for bread, crackers, crostini or canapes (7) |
| OYSTER | Another kind of bivalve which people enjoy eating. You slurp this snotty shellfish delicacy with black pepper, lemon juice and Tobasco. (6) |
| SNEEZE | Physical reaction to sniffing black pepper often |
| VIETNAM | World's largest producer of black pepper |
| COARSE | ___ ground black pepper |
| PINE | A fragrant evergreen conifer with woody cones sometimes used as Christmas decorations or placed in seasonal potpourri with citrus slices and cinnamon quills (4) |
| BRANDNEW | Mint and cinnamon, finally, included in concoction (5-3) |
