| SICILY | With culinary specialities including arancini, caponata, cannoli and dishes incorporating local oranges and lemons, the Mediterranean's largest island (6) |
| OLIVE | Fruit in caponata |
| ITALIAN | Like cannoli and tiramisu |
| SWEETS | Candy, cannoli and such |
| ANTIPASTI | Italian bite-sized hors d'oeuvres or starters such as arancini, olives, baked figs or marinated mozzarella balls (9) |
| RICE | Arancini base |
| TOULOUSE | With culinary specialities including sausages and cassoulet, the capital of HauteGaronne in Occitanie (8) |
| SOMERSET | County with culinary specialities including cider and Cheddar (8) |
| PARMA | Italian city with culinary specialities including prosciutto and a variety of hard cheese (5) |
| LEICESTERSHIRE | County with culinary specialities including Melton Mowbray pork pies, Stilton and a variety of red cheese (14) |
| YORKS | Abbreviated name of a historic county hailing culinary specialities including baked batter pudding, curd tart, fat rascal, ginger parkin, Pontefract cake and Wensleydale (5) |
| CORNWALL | With a coastline including Land's End, a region with specialities including pasties, cream teas, yarg and stargazy pies (8) |
| AUSTRIA | With the capital Vienna, country with regional specialities including Wiener schnitzel, apfelstrudel and Sachertorte (7) |
| JERSEY | Channel Island with specialities including creamy milk, new potatoes, nier beurre, oysters and wonders (6) |
| NORMANDY | Historical French province whose culinary specialities include Calvados and Camembert (8) |
| TOLOSA | Ancient name of "La Ville Rose", the French "Pink City", whose culinary specialities include "saucisses" and the cassoulet in which they are served (6) |
| SESAMEOIL | It's crude for Ali Baba to open doors with culinary lubricant from restaurant (6,3) |
| THERAPIES | Ways of treating broken heart with culinary treats (9) |
| DINNERSET | Complete service of plates and dishes for a meal (6,3) |
| VINDALOO | 5 closeted, as a rapper might say, with culinary challenge (8) |
