| SOUBISE | Sauce containing onions and melted butter, or pure of onions (7) |
| TORTELLI | Ravioli-like pasta dish typically made with ingredients such as ricotta, ceps, grated parmigiano, melted butter or spinach (8) |
| PARAGON | Perfect diamond (i.e. flawless and pure) of 100 carats (20 g) or more (7) |
| STRINGS | Cords or lines; or, sets of onions, pearls or other things, threaded or tied together on such thin strands (7) |
| TARTUFO | Ball-shaped Italian dessert traditionally made with two flavours of ice cream and melted chocolate; 'truffle' (7) |
| KETCHUP | Piquant sauce containing vinegar, such as tomato --- (7) |
| CLEANSE | Make clean or pure (7) |
| PICKLED | Select light sort of onions maybe (7) |
| DOPIAZA | Con to run back carrying an American dish made of onions (7) |
| BLESSED | "___ are the pure of heart..." |
| FLAPJACKS | Bars or biscuits of rolled oats baked with golden syrup and melted butter (9) |
| ROUX | Light sauce made of flour and melted butter (4) |
| CLARIFY | *Separate solids from fat in melted butter |
| TRIBUTE | Compliment melted butter infused with iodine |
| LOBSTER | Crustacean served with melted butter |
| ESCARGOT | Variety of edible snail, usually eaten with a sauce of melted butter and garlic |
| ROPES | Parties of linked climbers; strands of beads or pearls; cords by which church bells are rung, sledges hauled, tricks performed or soaps hung; or, strings of onions (5) |
| HOLLANDAISE | Creamy sauce of melted butter, egg yolks and vinegar (11) |
| LAYERS | Thicknesses or strata of onions or problems; or, egg-producing hens (6) |
| SWEETANDSOUR | A Chinese style of food cooked in a sauce containing contrasting tastes such as sugar and lemon or vinegar (5,3,4) |
