| PEPPERMINT | Sweet essence given seasoning for a lot of money (10) |
| ESSEX | County's essence given the mark of choice? |
| SALTED | Last order by journalist given seasoning (6) |
| SALAMI | Endless seasoning for a blend short of Italian sausage (6) |
| TACOMIX | Packet of seasoning for a traditional Tuesday meal |
| ORCHESTRAL | Examination covering right part of body for a lot of players |
| CROWDSCENE | It calls for a lot of extra work in the theatre (5,5) |
| KOSHERSALT | Seasoning for matzo ball soup |
| CONDIMENT | From Latin for "pickle, preserve, spice", a word for ketchup, mustard pepper, relish, salt or other seasoning for enhancing the flavour of food (9) |
| PIPEDREAM | Fantasy of one of those with great expectations working as a journalist for a lot of papers (4,5) |
| MINT | Sweet for a lot of money (4) |
| OLDSALT | Out-of-date white seasoning for the veteran sailor (3,4) |
| ICING | Dope out of seasoning for cake layer? (5) |
| LLAMA | Source of wool providing turnover for a lot of shops (5) |
| CABINET | Container for a lot of drink, for instance - it can be mixed |
| MEGABUCKS | County game fixed at first for a lot of money |
| BOMB | Go down badly for a lot of money |
| UMPTEEN | Ulster politician - a poster boy perhaps for a lot of them, numerically speaking (7) |
| ALLAH | Subject of praise, for a lot of people |
| SEMI | A big trailer which goes for a lot of miles |
