| SUREENOUGH | As expected, sigh about dish, having removed lid (4,6) |
| ETHEREAL | Light present in tin, perhaps, having removed lid (8) |
| COTTAGEPIE | Dish having outrageous 19, devout in church (7,3) |
| ASTONISHED | Stunned as weight is shed, having removed top (10) |
| DISPIRITED | Discouraged, having removed the alcohol (10) |
| TICKLEPINK | Greatly amuse punctilious sort having removed jacket of a pale colour (6,4) |
| HAGGIS | Held back sigh about silver dish (6) |
| EGOTIST | Bighead, for example, exaggerated about dish discovered (7) |
| MUESLI | Greek letter lies about dish with milk (6) |
| SATAY | Thanks, say, about dish (5) |
| OMELETTE | Some letters about dish (8) |
| PLACATE | Calm about dish going round |
| DROPPER | Medic removed lid from metal tube dispensing medicine, say? (7) |
| REBUS | It's a puzzle how the bungling builders removed lid (5) |
| EXIST | Deist removed lid assuming cross to be there? |
| UNSCREWED | Removed lid of bottle, making crew wreak havoc in dunes (9) |
| HIGHTREASON | Have another sigh about serious disloyalty |
| MOUSSAKA | Finish off dish having also called for another (8) |
| GARFISH | Sort of pike the RAF sigh about (7) |
| PIEBALD | Baked dish having smooth skin with patches |
