| CURRIES | Rogue appears to lack the heart for spicy meals |
| VINDALOO | After French wine, drink ale at first then head for spicy meal |
| PICANTE | Term for spicy (of food), from the Spanish for biting (7) |
| AMADEUS | It beat "A Passage to India" and "Places in the Heart" for Best Picture |
| ECG | It's written from the heart, for short |
| CRITIC | French appeal as from the heart for nervous affliction in play (6) |
| BLOODVESSELS | What comes from the heart for family going overseas (5,7) |
| GRANT | President with the heart for angry demagogy |
| ORGAN | The heart, for example, of a music producer? (5) |
| VARY | Caprice hasn't the heart for change (4) |
| NOU | Anybody with the heart for love (3) |
| ENDURES | Close your eyes, lacking the heart for experiences |
| SPRAT | How one did spit right at the heart for fish (5) |
| HAVETWOLEFTFEET | Lack the ability to take the right steps, evidently! (4,3,4,4) |
| DARENT | Lack the courage to, for short |
| LIONSSHARE | For the greater part elsa, for one, lacks the energy to run |
| BHAJI | Long way to walk in endless bid for spicy food |
| TOSTADA | To sports grounds I went for spicy food |
| BLACKPEPPER | Boy has to be fresh out of shower for spicy stuff! (5,6) |
| PUMP | The heart, for one |