| SALTED | Seasoned or preserved (6) |
| PICKLES | Salty or acid liquids, often seasoned or spiced, in which food, especially vegetables and fruit, is preserved (7) |
| RIPER | More seasoned or ready to eat (5) |
| CONFIT | French word for a dish of duck or goose, for example, cooked or preserved in its own fat (6) |
| UPHELD | Confirmed or preserved, defended (6) |
| POTTED | Either shot or preserved (6) |
| GINGER | Spice derived from the rhizome of a plant related to turmeric, used powdered in cakes and biscuits, fresh in curries and stir-fries or preserved in syrup (6) |
| COMPOTE | Seasonal berries or orchard fruits simmered or preserved in syrup; or, the stemmed dish in which said mixture is traditionally served (7) |
| KUMQUAT | From Cantonese for "golden tangerine" or "small orange", a grape- or olive-sized citrus fruit, often candied or preserved as marmalade/jam (7) |
| TAMARIND | Seed pod pulp eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved in curries and chutneys (8) |
| CANED | Punished, or preserved half-heartedly (5) |
| ONICE | Reserved or preserved |
| KEPT | Retained or preserved (4) |
| MUMMY | An embalmed or preserved body in ancient Egypt (5) |
| SALAD | Fruit ____ , a mixture of pieces of fresh or preserved fruit (5) |
| SALAMI | Seasoned preserved sausage (6) |
| RAGOUT | Meaning "revive the taste" or "restore the appetite", a richly seasoned slow-cooked French-style stew; or, by extension, a mixture (6) |
| PAKORA | In Indian cooking, a piece of vegetable or meat coated in a seasoned batter and deep-fried (6) |
| KIBBEH | A traditional Lebanese dish of seasoned minced meat and bulgur wheat shaped into croquettes, patties or felafel-like balls (6) |
| SPICED | United, apart from learner, seasoned (6) |
