| MBEKI | Starters of melon balls. egg kedgeree and insalata for Mandela's successor (5) |
| MOCK | Scoff starters of melon, or cold kedgeree |
| FRUITSALAD | A colourful cocktail or medley of berries, grapes, melon balls, orange segments, pineapple chunks etc; or, military slang for a display of medals, ribbons and other decorations (5,5) |
| MUTATION | Change meat, put in starters of aloo and insalata (8) |
| CURRY | - powder; ready-made masala used in dishes such as coronation chicken, kedgeree and red lentil dhal (5) |
| CAYENNE | Capital of French Guiana; or, a spice derived from a chilli used to flavour devilled eggs, kedgeree or souffles (7) |
| CREAMTEA | Starter of melon goes in to make a meal (5,3) |
| EXAM | Sign of something wrong in mid-meal starter of melon leads to hard questions (4) |
| BALMEDIE | A large starter of melon in bed, that is Trump's business location (8) |
| ASKED | Appealed in the manner of a portion of kedgeree (5) |
| HIKED | Walked a long way for some gnocchi, kedgeree etc. (5) |
| BAKED | A portion of an Alba kedgeree cooked in an oven (5) |
| MISTA | Insalata __ (salad) |
| IRKED | Angered if some re-stir kedgeree (5) |
| DEKKO | Some cook kedgeree up - or gander |
| RICIN | One thing kedgeree has, we hear: poison |
| LEMON | Fruit that's a sort of melon? (5) |
| MEANT | Had in mind to stuff turkey, perhaps, with last of melon (5) |
| RINDS | Protectors of melon and cheese |
| SLUNG | Tossed last of melon into punch (5) |
