| TITBIT | Small item of food or gossip |
| TIDBIT | Bit of food or gossip |
| SAVOURY | A small item of food of salty or spicy flavour usually eaten as a snack (7) |
| CAKE | Item of food or soap (4) |
| REFRESHMENT | Item of food or drink; renewed energy (11) |
| CANAPE | Small item of food served with drinks |
| SPIES | Spots small items of food |
| NIBBLES | Small items of food laid out at a party, say (7) |
| TASTE | The faculty of discerning beauty, merit or a high aesthetic standard in art; the sensation or perception of flavour; a small sample of food or wine to try; or, one's "cup of tea" (5) |
| LIVERY | Historical provision of food or clothing for servants; distinctive garb of a member of a medieval trade guild or later City Company; or, the feeding and stabling of horses for pay (6) |
| MERCHANT | A trader, wholesaler or other exchanger of commodities; a shopkeeper; or, a dealer in something unpleasant/undesirable, such as doom or gossip (8) |
| PALATE | Word for the roof of the mouth, thus sense of taste; relish; flavour of wine; or, ability to appreciate the finer qualities of food or the aforesaid drink (6) |
| RUMOUR | From "noise", an old word for a clamour or a din; a currently circulating story of questionable accuracy; or, gossip and tittle-tattle generally (6) |
| TALK | A conversation; boasting or empty promises; or, gossip (4) |
| MESS | Word once used for a portion of food or a set of four served together at a medieval banquet, hence a group of military personnel who eat together or the meal so taken (4) |
| SNIPPET | Small item of information or news (7) |
| MAGS | Short word for glossies; dialect for long-tailed titmice or "pies"; chats or gossips; halfpennies; or, a gratuity (4) |
| CHATTER | Babble or gossip (7) |
| YENTA | Yiddish name for a nagging woman or gossip |
| IDLE | Lounge speculation with rumour or gossip (4) |
