| EXTRAPORTIONS | Words that follow Come Dine With Me to indicate an extended episode of the show (5,8) |
| WITHME | Words that follow Come Dine to complete the title of a long-running Channel 4 show (4,2) |
| ENTERTAINMENT | Guests on Come Dine With Me score on food, hosting and this (13) |
| FISHINGTACKLE | Rod may go along with me to the river (7,6) |
| LAMB | Dave ___, the voice of Come Dine with Me |
| FIVE | Maximum number of contestants in a Come Dine With Me competition (4) |
| MAIN | Second course that is judged on Come Dine With Me (4) |
| HOSTING | Come Dine With Me contestants are judged on this as well as their food (7) |
| STARTER | Course on Come Dine With Me or question type on University Challenge (7) |
| PASTA | Come Dine With Me host should serve this al dente (5) |
| DAVE | Comedian who narrates Come Dine With Me, _ Lamb (4) |
| BREAKNEWGROUND | Show innovation with multiple ways to indicate an anagram (5,3,6) |
| BENE | Full form of the Latin abbreviation N.B., used in written text to indicate an important passage (4,4) |
| NOTA | Full form of the Latin abbreviation N.B., used in written text to indicate an important passage (4,4) |
| WITH | Word between Come Dine and Me gives the title of a show running since 2005 (4) |
| ELLIPSIS | Marks used to indicate an omission of words |
| CEDILLA | Diacritical mark written under the letter c in French and Portuguese to indicate an s rather than k pronunciation (7) |
| FLAG | Item used by an assistant referee in football to indicate an offside offence (4) |
| ASTERISK | A star-shaped mark used to indicate an omission in text (8) |
| SIC | Latin for 'so' or 'thus', written in parentheses to indicate an uncorrected spelling or grammar mistake in a quotation (3) |