| ATTEMPTED | Tried to make potted meat - nothing less |
| OLIVER | He'll have meat - nothing to start with |
| ABOVEALL | Primarily muscle around meat, nothing left |
| RILLETTES | Potted meat European found among nettles (9) |
| GERMANIUM | What may be potted meat's first eaten? That's elementary (9) |
| THERMIDOR | Mr Ho tried to make lobster dish (9) |
| DIDNOHARM | Tried to make trouble, unsuccessfully |
| LAIDCLAIM | Tried to make the nest its own? (4,5) |
| BRAWN | From "flesh (for roasting)", a word for pressed potted meat; a boar; muscle; or, physical strength, as opposed to brain/intelligence (5) |
| SAMPLED | Tried to make maps, perhaps, by which to be guided (7) |
| REHAB | "They tried to make me go to ___" (Amy Winehouse lyric) |
| MEGO | "They tried to make ___ to rehab" (Amy Winehouse lyric) |
| PORKCHOP | Endless wine, refined hock, with starter of potted meat (4,4) |
| TONGUE | Heavyweight guests take half the potted meat (6) |
| SPAM | Potted meat brand |
| GRAHAME | Author who describes a riverbank picnic of "cold chicken, tongue, ham, beef, pickled gherkins, salad, French rolls, cress sandwiches, potted meat, ginger beer, lemonade and soda water" in his tale The |
| LEAPED | Tried to make a catch, perhaps |
| DREWDEAD | Tried to make a hand that wouldn't even win* |
| GOTAT | Tried to make clear |
| REROLLED | Tried to make one's point |
