| MOUTHWATERING | Whetting the appetite, as from smell or appearance (13) |
| VORACIOUS | Having a great appetite, as for reading |
| IMPERSONATION | To assume the character or appearance of another person (13) |
| PROBLEMATICAL | Having the nature or appearance of a problem; questionable (13) |
| LETYOURSELFGO | Become untidy in habits or appearance (3,8,2) |
| FLAIR | Word, from "smell sweet" or "sense of smell", in allusion to the notion of one's ability to detect scent and react accordingly, for instinctive aptitude (5) |
| OZONE | From "smell", the allotropic form of oxygen wrongly assumed by the Victorians to keep us fit, healthy and well, thus associated with the invigorating coastal air scented with saltwater, seaweed and sh |
| TENCH | Head away from smell of rotting fish |
| SUSPENSE | Anticipation from smell perhaps surrounding us with starter in pizzeria (8) |
| OLFACTORY | One abandoned oil plant from smell. (9) |
| STRICKLE | Name, rhyming with a word for a drip or a type of chutney, for a rod for levelling a heaped measure of grain; or, a tool for whetting a scythe (8) |
| BLOCK | A brick or other mass of stone or wood one is said to be a figurative "chip off" when resembling one's mater or pater in character or appearance (5) |
| CORONATION | The crowning or appearance in company with the state (10) |
| ACRID | Unpleasantly pungent or sharp to the smell or taste (5) |
| AROMAS | Appetite-whetting allures |
| AROMA | Appetite-whetting stimulus |
| TEASER | Appetite-whetting introduction (6) |
| STROP | Leather strap used for whetting |
| APERITIF | Whiffled pirate providing whistle-whetting drink (8) |
| HONE | Sharpen by whetting on a stone |
