| FOODCHAIN | One is expected to swallow it to replace China in the natural order of things (4,5) |
| PERCOLATE | Filter it to replace it in a different way (9) |
| INDUECOURSE | Hunt expected to arrive in reverse order or in the natural order |
| HYSTERONPROTERON | *Figure of speech in which the natural order of things is reversed for emphasis |
| FANFARE | Ostentatious display which devotees are expected to swallow? |
| HIERARCHY | Elevated growth rate of Covid-19 is key, reportedly, in the order of things (9) |
| ERADICATE | Get rid of acid brought up: eater struggling to swallow it (9) |
| DIGITALIN | Drug: daughter ailing badly is to swallow it |
| MARCOPOLO | Venetian merchant who travelled to China in the 13th century (5,4) |
| PUNCHLINE | String attached to puppet one is expected to laugh at |
| HOLDSERVE | Win when one is expected to win |
| INHERITOR | One is expected to succeed |
| PRICELESS | Hilarious amount one is expected to pay at Takeaway (9) |
| GHOSTSHIP | Time during which one is expected to haunt? |
| TAO | The natural order of the universe, in Chinese philosophy |
| DISSIPATE | Waste one's drink? Partner swallows it |
| INITIALLY | Trendy friend swallows it with one at first |
| SOLITAIRE | A game fish swallows it, look (9) |
| HARD | The way one is expected to die, as expressed in the title of a movie released on July 15, 1988, in the U.S., with Bruce Willis as its star |
| INN | Ingrid Bergman becomes a missionary in China in the 1958 classic, The ... Of The Sixth Happiness |
