| STONECRAB | Shellfish whose claws are a delicacy |
| FROGS | Amphibians whose legs are a delicacy in French cuisine |
| PAWS | Where a cat's claws are |
| PAW | Where a tiger's claws are |
| BUST | Where bear claws are sold |
| BAKERY | Where bear claws are sold |
| RETRACTILE | Cat's claws are about touching, gripping rat's head |
| WILDCATSTRIKE | Immediate action where claws are out? (7,6) |
| CATFIGHT | Altercation where claws are out? (8) |
| OYSTER | Shellfish in a phylum that includes the clam, cockle, mussel, periwinkle and scallop, once a cheap food, now considered a delicacy (6) |
| ASPARAGUS | Plant whose shoots are eaten as a delicacy (9) |
| STURGEON | Fish whose eggs are considered a delicacy |
| DAINTY | From "choice morsel, pleasure", a noun for a delicacy such as a little cake or fancy; or, an adjective that means delicately petite and pretty (6) |
| TARTUFO | Italian for "truffle", thus for a white example of said earth-nut; or, a bombe of chocolate-coated ice cream, reminiscent of such a delicacy (7) |
| LOBSTER | Shellfish that is a delicacy (7) |
| ORTOLAN | A migratory bunting, once regarded as a delicacy (7) |
| TONGUE | Part of a fish that's a delicacy in Norway |
| ARTICHOKE | Vegetable whose heart is eaten as a delicacy |
| POUNDCAKE | Hammer a piece of soap into a delicacy (5,4) |
| LOBSTERS | Large marine crustaceans that are regarded as a delicacy |
