| PUD | Short word for a food or dish that may be black, made of rice, a mess of meringue or sticky with toffee (3) |
| TRI | The first 'T'of TNT |
| PASTRY | General word for a food such as a croissant, profiterole or eclair (6) |
| CAKE | English word for a food sold in a French patisserie (4) |
| AEROBICS | Basic robe, not black, made for rhythmic exercise (8) |
| GREASY | Sticky with fat |
| SWEATY | Sticky with perspiration (6) |
| GLOSSOP | Derbyshire town starts to seem sticky with viscous liquid around |
| NEST | A structure made by a bird during nidification, hence a cosy retreat, den or snug; a shell of meringue for a filling; or, a set of tables, graduating in size (4) |
| BICKER | Scots word for a treen bowl, cup or dish made of staves for liquor or porridge; a short noisy rapid run; clattering noise; or, an altercation, quarrel, squabble or wrangle (6) |
| WHISK | A knot of rope fibres or a bundle of straw as a brush; or, a kitchen utensil used when making a roux, souffle, meringue or omelette (5) |
| PEAK | A pointed or pyramidal summit of a mountain; consistency/shape into which whites are whisked for meringues; or, the brim or visor of a cap, formerly of a widow's hood (4) |
| TASTE | Sensation of a salty, savoury, sharp, sour, spicy or sweet flavour, as studied in neurogastronomy; or, a sample of a food or wine or of any experience (5) |
| COB | Preserved in honey or used to flavour meringues or Piedmont gianduia chocolate, a short word for a hazelnut or filbert cultivated for consumption, traditionally in Kent (3) |
| RICHNESS | Number of species within a biological community; affluence; creaminess/butteriness of a food; or, the vividness of a colour (8) |
| RAMEN | Dish that may be eaten with either chopsticks or a spoon |
| BED | It might be made of rice or nails |
| SHOJI | Japanese screen made of rice paper over a frame of wood (5) |
| PAELLA | Saffron-flavoured dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken (6) |
| NESTS | Structures such as pheasants' nides; or, circular beds of meringue, pasta, rice, spinach etc forming edible bowls for various culinary fillings (5) |
