| ATTRIBUTES | Qualities of butter as it spreads |
| MARGARINE | Are arming for a change, as it spreads (9) |
| PAT | Serving of butter, as might go on top of several |
| TRANSOCEANIC | A concern as it spread across the pond |
| DISPERSANT | It spreads non-European pedestrians around |
| ROLLINGPIN | Constantly changing ID? It spreads the dough (7,3) |
| NIGHTSHADE | Term, alluding to the dark, narcotic, poisonous or soporific qualities of its berries, for a solanum, such as the belladonna or bittersweet (10) |
| PROPERTIES | Qualities of estates? (10) |
| IMPREGNATE | Saturate with qualities of another substance (10) |
| ISNTANOPUS | Lacks the qualities of a composition |
| LOCALCOLOR | Distinguishing qualities of a region |
| ROUX | French word for a cooked mixture of flour and butter as the base of many sauces (4) |
| TRIBUTE | I am given butter as a gift of approval (7) |
| ERASE | Get rid of some butter as expired |
| BREADROLL | Item eaten with butter as part of a meal (5,4) |
| TREACLE | It's sickeningly sentimental, but it's sweet how it spreads (7) |
| ACONITE | Poisonous plant - source of annoyance once it spreads (7) |
| GHEE | Clarified butter, as used in Indian cooking |
| DRY | Without butter, as on bread |
| MEUNIERE | Rolled in flour and sauteed in butter, as sole |
