| DIMSUM | The Chinese made a meal of this manuscript from university found in dark (3,3) |
| URANIUM | Element one university found in nearly all fresh manure (7) |
| CURATE | The dog made a meal of the man in the dogcollar! (6) |
| HECATE | Head of clan in warm weather with sweetheart found in dark place in old Greece (6) |
| ALMOND | The ground meal of this nut is used to make marzipan |
| KITKAT | Tom's favourite bar snack, perhaps - which Jerry would've made a meal of! (3,3) |
| THEFAT | Mrs Spratt might've made a meal of it, if only to chat with Jack? (4,3,3) |
| REALMS | True manuscript from the fields of activity (6) |
| GROUND | Made a meal of oats, for instance (6) |
| COOKED | Made a meal of things (6) |
| RAVIOLI | Paganini might have made a meal of this orchestra violinist's part (7) |
| MEARNS | Manuscript from Kincardineshire, formerly (6) |
| SMITHS | Metalworkers who got this manuscript wrong (6) |
| RICOTTA | Italians make a meal of this reform of Riot Act |
| COQUETRY | The rooster made a meal of the oak, we hear. What a dalliance (8) |
| BUSINESSLUNCH | Elizabeth admits Unionist is wrong to make a meal of this - it could amount to a sweet deal (8,5) |
| CURIOUSGEORGE | Name of a beloved kiddie-lit character and his first eponymous book, brought as a manuscript from Paris to the United States in 1941 |
| HANSOMCAB | Made a meal of bacon and mash in a Victorian carriage (6-3) |
| IMAM | For the second time made a meal of starters for prayer leader (4) |
| CONSOMME | Made a meal of criminal battle of World War I (8) |
