| JALFREZI | A medium-hot curry made with green chillies (8) |
| BHUNA | Medium-hot curry made with spices fried in oil or ghee to form a paste; from Urdu, 'to be fried' (5) |
| MADRAS | Named after the former toponym of the Indian city Chennai, with which they are all associated, a colourful checked cotton cloth, a scarf made of this or a medium-hot curry (6) |
| MASALA | Served up unfortunately a medium hot dish? |
| MADRASSA | Medium-hot curry originally served at a Muslim college (8) |
| VINDALOO | Wine accompanies a bit of dahl, potato and hot curry (8) |
| SHAMROCK | Start to sample hot curry from the East infused with hint of coriander leaf (8) |
| SCOVILLE | Pharmacist who devised a scale based on the measurement of the pungency or spiciness of chillies (8) |
| BHOONA | Medium-hot curry (Bengal) |
| HOSPICES | Largely hot curry ingredients in care homes |
| CHILICON | Stew consisting mainly of beef, beans, chillies and spices (5,3,5) |
| HOTSTUFF | Really excellent chillies (3,5) |
| PAYA | Curry made with hoof meat |
| KORMA | Mildly spiced curry made with yoghurt and nuts (5) |
| ECLAIRDELUNE | Cream puff made with green cheese? |
| CHILIVERDE | Meal made with green ingredients (Danish) |
| BIOFUEL | Lifebuoy's mostly made with green energy (7) |
| MEDAL | Award setter with curry made from lentils, perhaps |
| MEMBER | Associate with medium hot coal (6) |
| MAGMA | A school of whales leaping over medium hot rock (5) |
