| SALSABAR | Where to spice up nachos |
| CHILLI | Nightshade's fiery Scoville-rated offering in the form of a bird's eye or Scotch bonnet, to spice up a meal or provide zing to chocolate (6) |
| SILLYSEASON | Foolish to spice up slow news period (5,6) |
| STARLETS | 21 allows these to spice up its pages (8) |
| CAYENNE | Pepper used to spice up boilies (*cane yen) (7) |
| DASHOFPEPPER | Addition to spice up a dish |
| SPIKETHEPUNCH | One way to spice up a party |
| FORACHANGE | To spice up fine tea, cutting fruit (3,1,6) |
| CURRYCOMB | Groomer of horses to spice up Cuban capital with mob violence (9) |
| MUSTARD | Yellow sauce people commonly use to spice up hotdogs (7) |
| SUSAN | _ Kennedy, tried to spice up her marriage recently in Neighbours (5) |
| SEASONTICKET | It's good on many occasions to spice up traffic penalty (6,6) |
| PRECISE | Is about to spice things up, to be exact (7) |
| MULL | Verb meaning to pulverise or crumble; to spice, sweeten and warm ale or wine; to ponder; or, as a noun, a bungle, mess or muddle; soft muslin used in bookbinding; or, a Scottish word for a promontory |
| PESTLE | Pele overshadows Best - half crushing for those who want to spice things up! (6) |
| SEASON | Time of year to spice it up a bit? (6) |
| SEX | DON'T FORGET THIS TO SPICE THINGS UP IN THE BEDROOM |
| CRESCENT | Top class about to spice things up in a curved row of houses (8) |
| JALAPENO | Berliner's agreed return of single friend is means to spice things up? (8) |
| PIMENTO | Holy people taking to spice (7) |
