| PEANUT | Fish starters of escargots plated up - all with butter (6) |
| TRIPES | Set off starters of escargots and shallots with stomach linings (6) |
| LEGUME | Fleshy tissue and starter of escargots with the French bean (6) |
| CRAYON | Cold fish starters of Nanbanzuke produced by a children's writer (6) |
| POTATO | Served up portion of escargot at opera -- people eat this? (6) |
| TURBOT | Fish starters: twenty-one to go with style of champagne served up (6) |
| CODIFY | Order fish starters in feeding frenzy - the ultimate (6) |
| PUFFED | Turned up fish starter, ate and had a smoke (6) |
| SKATER | Curry, maybe fish starter with rice (6) |
| ENNUI | Feeling fed up with starters of escargots nightly, night in Paris cut short (5) |
| SNAILS | Small crawling creature with rounded shell; "escargots" (6) |
| KIPPER | Smoked fish starter is taken off captain |
| FISHSTEW | Shifts preparing starters of escargots, whiting and bouillabaisse (4,4) |
| SAVE | Except for starter of escargots, everything is off (4) |
| BARE | Except for starter of escargots, everything is off (4) |
| ROBOT | Cold fish: starters of roach or tail-end of turbot (5) |
| BITE | Something to eat, a portion of escargots starters (4) |
| ASITWERE | Waiters mixed up starter of 'escargot' or 'espresso' in manner of speaking (2,2,4) |
| SNAIL | Animal in a plate of escargots |
| EPICURE | Gourmet to choose trimmed, aged ox after starter of escargot ... |
