| LINSEEDOIL | Sell iodine prepared as a preservative |
| TAR | Dark thick flammable liquid distilled from wood or coal used as a preservative, as an antiseptic |
| CREOSOTE | Thick dark liquid mixture prepared from coal tar, used as a preservative for wood |
| SUGAR | White crystalline carbohydrate used as a preservative (5) |
| SALTPETRE | Test pearl out as a preservative (9) |
| FORMALDEHYDE | Solution used as a preservative (12) |
| BHT | Antioxidant used as a preservative |
| BRINE | Salt solution used as a preservative (5) |
| FORMALIN | What colourless liquid is used as a preservative for biological specimens? (8) |
| DUCK | A paddling-, plump-, sord- or team-forming webfooted waddling waterfowl, such as a mallard or a teal, that displays a range of behaviours from dabbling to head dipping and can be prepared as a meal (4 |
| APPLEPIE | A pudding of Bramleys or other cookers baked under a pastry crust, to which a bed prepared as a practical joke is likened (5,3) |
| SALT | Word, related to the name of a highly seasoned Italian sausage and a cold dish of vegetables, for sodium chloride, prepared as a condiment (4) |
| KIBBEH | Levantine literal "ball" of spiced bulgur wheat and lamb prepared as a savoury snack or as part of a meze (6) |
| CHITTERLINGS | Smaller intestines of a pig prepared as a dish (12) |
| PANACEA | A canape prepared as a cure-all (7) |
| SEMOLINA | A melon is prepared as a dessert (8) |
| PASTA | Spaghetti is prepared as a result of a past confusion |
| CREOSOTED | Treated with a preservative, as telephone poles |
| ASPIC | A savoury product, ideally cold, primarily a preservative (5) |
| DIORAMA | Three-dimensional representation of a scene, often prepared as a school project (7) |
