| COOKBOOK | Volume of recipes |
| RASHER | Quantity of bacon a woman used in a couple of recipes (6) |
| COURGETTE | Variety of squash or marrow harvested when young, used in a variety of recipes including fritters, quiches, fritattas and soups (9) |
| DOUGH | Basic mixture of flour and water used in a number of recipes including bread, pasta, pastry, biscuits, dumplings, scones and pizza bases (5) |
| RICOTTA | Variety of soft white Italian cheese used in a number of recipes including sage gnocchi, cannelloni, spinach rotolo and griddled courgettes with mint (7) |
| COOKERYBOOK | With numerous examples including Apicius, The English Huswife, The Forme of Cury, Good Things in England and Larousse Gastronomique, any compendium of recipes and handy culinary tips (7,4) |
| ROBINCOOK | Author of "Recipes for Ninnies"? |
| STIR | Mix contents of recipes tirelessly (4) |
| PIERCES | Riddles in form of recipes (7) |
| PRECISE | Exact ordering of recipes (7) |
| THEOYOFCOOKING | Book of recipes people kvetch about? |
| RISOTTO | First of recipes: one's extravagant duck dish (7) |
| OATS | Slow-energy release cereal grains used for a number of recipes including porridge, flapjacks, cranachan, biscuits for cheese or soda bread farls (4) |
| RISSOLES | Fried meat or fish? First of recipes is fish |
| EPIC | Selection of recipes served up is most impressive (4) |
| FORMULAE | Male worked with four kinds of recipes (8) |
| PESTO | Sauce that's a common element of recipes today |
| SALIVARYSCALE | Ranking of recipes from most to least appetizing? |
| AROMAS | Flavours of recipes initially repressed by backward Pacific nation |
| MEDLARS | Damsel unusually including first of recipes with fruit (7) |
