| RECEIPT | Statement acknowledging proof of purchase or money received; or, an old word for a cookery formula (7) |
| FLAMBE | French culinary term for a cookery procedure in which bananas, cherries, crepes or steaks are served dressed in blazing liquor; or, a Chinese copper-red glaze flecked with blue/purple (6) |
| PATINA | Polish yearly statement acknowledging a lack of alternative options? (6) |
| RECIPE | Word originally for a medical prescription, later a cookery formula with a list of ingredients (6) |
| RECEIPTS | Written or printed statements acknowledging that something has been paid for (8) |
| RAMP | A slope; a swindle; a sleeping policeman; a mobile stairway; an upward bend in a handrail; wild garlic/leek; or, an old word for a tomboy (4) |
| SHAPE | A cookery mould for blancmange, jelly, pudding etc; a phantom; a geometric figure such as a circle, square or triangle; or, a fabric/paper piece, cut out in a particular form (5) |
| SPEED | Rate of motion or action; each one of a bike's gear ratios; or, an old word for success or prosperity (5) |
| MYSTERY | Novel or whodunnit based on a puzzling crime; an enigmatic person; or, an old word for a craft or trade (7) |
| ORDINARY | A penny-farthing; a simple heraldic charge ; or, an old word for an inn or a set-price meal provided (8) |
| WIRE | A strand of metal; a snare made from this; filigree work; a piano string; or, an old word for a telephone (4) |
| THERM | From Greek for "heat", a unit of said energy; or, an old word for a bathing establishment, such as a hot bath (5) |
| CLAPPER | Tongue or striker of a bell; or, an old word for a rabbit hole (7) |
| SEAHORSE | Fish with an equid-like head; the fabulous hippocampus; or, an old word for a hippo or a walrus (8) |
| GARLAND | Plaited wreath of flowers and foliage draped as a decoration; or, an old word for anthology or miscellany of literary pieces such as poems (7) |
| LUNETTE | Literally meaning "little moon", a crescent-shaped architectural recess occupied by a painting, window or relief sculpture; or, an old word for a half horseshoe (7) |
| COLL | Island of the Hebrides that inspired the fictional locale Struay in Mairi Hedderwick's Katie Morag series of children's books; or, an old word for an embrace or hug (4) |
| RAKES | Tools for gathering grass or leaves; or, an old word for groups of colts (5) |
| PREY | Quarry of a rapacious bird/beast; a victim; or, an old word for plunder (4) |
| METHOD | Set of instructions accompanying a list of ingredients in a cookery book; a technique in acting; or, a sequence in change ringing (6) |
