| 20 answers for: Stew then or thin meat, a source of irritation (5,... |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| THORNINTHEFLESH | Stew then or thin meat, a source of irritation (5,2,3,5) |
| COPRA | Dried coconut meat a source of coconut oil |
| DECELERATE | Created eel stew, then slow down |
| ESSAYISTS | Bacon and the like to try in stews, then soups to start with |
| LOSESLEEP | Stew, so to speak |
| ANTHONYTROLLOPE | Did he write novels then, or only a plot for development? |
| FILLET | From "thread", a word for a narrow ribbon tied round the head originally, later a boned side of fish or slice of meat; a decorative line impressed on the cover of a book; a narrow piece of wood; or, a |
| BLT | Best known by its initials, this simple sandwich is made of a savory strip of meat, a leafy green and a juicy red fruit widely regarded as a veggie |
| SNAP | Word either for a ginger biscuit or thin; a cold spell; a card game; or, a quick or informal photo (4) |
| TINNY | A term meaning "stannic", hence flimsy, jangly, metallic-sounding, poor-quality or thin; or, in Australia, an informal word for "lucky", a can of beer or a small aluminium fishing boat (5) |
| LEAF | Photosynthetic structure known variously as a blade, bract, cotyledon, frond, needle or pad; or, something foliaceous or thin, such as a sheet of filo pastry, gold, paper or tobacco (4) |
| RABBIT | Once known as a coney and protected for hundreds of years by landowners who valued it for its meat, a plant-eating animal whose name has been altered to describe a dish of cheese-and-ale sauce on toas |
| CUT | Slice of meat; a reduction in price; or, a power outage (3) |
| CHIPOLATA | From the Italian meaning "flavoured with onions", a small or thin type of sausage, served in a casserole or as a party nibble (9) |
| FILM | From "membrane, skin", a word for a fine thread, gauzy web, haze, mist, pellicle or thin coating that, over time, came to mean a strip of celluloid; or, the motion picture captured on it (4) |
| TAPER | Old slender candle or thin wax-coated wick, today's gradual narrowing into a tip of a trouser leg or a stick (5) |
| INTHEPAST | Back then ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| HYPNOTHERAPY | Happy then, or poorly, youth's beginning course of treatment (12) |
| THRONE | Seat of power, then or new (6) |
| AITCH | A source of irritation at the end of March |
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