| PEPPERY | Taste of e.g. cayenne and capsicum (7) |
| FLAVOUR | Distinctive taste of e.g. Brasem powder (7) |
| LEMONS | Vitamin C-rich fruits used to make or flavour meringue pies, Limoncello, G&T, drizzle cakes or warm water with cayenne and honey for morning drinks (6) |
| CAPSAICIN | Pungent crystalline compound in peppers such as chilli, cayenne and jalapeno that gives them their heat (9) |
| TABASCO | Chilli pepper variety of the species Capsicum frutescens occupying the same range as cayenne on the Scoville heat scale (7) |
| AUSPICE | Prophetic token attributed to the French cayenne, for example (7) |
| SERRANO | Pepper between jalapeno and cayenne on the Scoville heat scale |
| PORSCHE | Maker of Cayenne SUVs |
| CHILLI | Pod of a variety of capsicum, used in sauces, pickles, etc., dried and ground to create cayenne pepper (5) |
| FRENCH | And 21 Overseas department of France in South America whose capital is Cayenne (6,6) |
| SHRIMP | Brown -; traditionally potted with clarified butter, ground mace, nutmeg and cayenne pepper, a crustacean found in the tidal sands of Morecombe Bay (6) |
| FRENCHGUIANA | Overseas region of France on the North Atlantic coast of South America whose capital is Cayenne |
| PEPPER | From Sanskrit for "berry", a word, adopted by the Anglo-Saxons, for a spice companion of salt; a capsicum; or, cayenne, derived from said pod (6) |
| PORSCHES | Cayman and Cayenne |
| RED | Color of cayenne pepper |
| PENNE | Type of pasta served up in cayenne pepper (5) |
| GUIANA | Overseas department of France in South America whose capital is Cayenne (6,6) |
| DIABLE | Meaning "devil", word for a terracotta pot with a handle that also refers to a piquant or spicy French brown sauce with black pepper and cayenne (6) |
| SPICED | Ran around, I see, because it was full of cayenne pepper etc |
| REDPEPPER | Revolutionary to look about very softly in Cayenne (3,6) |
