| FORSTARTERS | In favour of soup or pate in the first place (3,8) |
| TETE | Pate, in the land of pAA¢te |
| PAYOFF | Bribe apprentice not to particiA-pate in the deciding match (3,3) |
| FORAKICKOFF | In the first place at start of match (3,1,4-3) |
| ORIGINALSIN | Masters admitted eating fruit in the first place |
| TOBEGINWITH | In the first place (2,5,4) |
| TOSTARTWITH | In the first place (2,5,4) |
| POLL | Word for the head originally, later a counting of heads or votes; the scalp or pate; a hornless animal; a hammerhead's striking face; a pet parrot; or, an Oxbridge passman (4) |
| SPLITPEA | Kind of soup ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| QUINCE | Pome related to apples, pears and medlars, served in the form of membrillo with cheese, game or pate (6) |
| SPREAD | Apparent size of a cut gem; an eiderdown, puff or other bedcover; a feast laid on a table; or, a food such as butter or pate applied to bread (6) |
| LADLE | From "load", as in a ship's cargo, word for a large deep spoon for lifting or serving a load of soup or sauce (5) |
| PEA | Type of soup or shade of green |
| GUMBO | A type of soup or stew from the Southern United States, usually containing okra (5) |
| BEHEADING | Making the pate in person is topping! (9) |
| UNDULATE | Excessive sandwiches left, as well as filling of pate in roll (8) |
| CRACKER | Savoury type of biscuit often eaten with cheese or pate (7) |
| CHOWDER | Name a kind of soup or stew (7) |
| TAUPE | Pate, in turn, has gone greyish-brown (5) |
| TERRINE | Coarse pate in an earthenware jar (7) |
