| Peter or water | 14 |
| Pepper's mate | 17 |
| Pepper mate | 11 |
| One form of quinine | 19 |
| Omelet topping | 14 |
| Old tar | 7 |
| Old man of the sea | 18 |
| No-no of some diets | 19 |
| Nelson crew member | 18 |
| NaCl, to a layman | 17 |
| MSG, e.g. | 9 |
| Movie theater freebie | 21 |
| Morton product | 14 |
| Meat preservative | 17 |
| Measure of worth, they say | 26 |
| Marine vet | 10 |
| Margarita specification | 23 |
| Margarita go-with | 17 |
| Margarita glass rim coater | 26 |
| Margarita enhancement | 21 |
| Margarita complement | 20 |
| Make one's ___ (earn money) | 31 |
| Make less bland, in a way | 25 |
| Lox-maker's need | 20 |
| Lot's wife, ultimately | 26 |
| Licker's staple | 19 |
| Lick or mines | 13 |
| Lake or lick | 12 |
| It's sprinkled on icy roads | 31 |
| It's shaken out | 19 |
| It's shaken at the table | 28 |
| It's often used in a pinch | 30 |
| It's often passed | 21 |
| It's often iodized | 22 |
| It's in the cellar | 22 |
| It may be what's shaking | 28 |
| It may be found in a pinch | 26 |
| It can sting | 12 |
| It can be helpful in a pinch | 28 |
| Ionic compound | 14 |
| Ingredient in most potato chips | 31 |
| Icy-road application | 20 |
| Icy road application, perhaps | 29 |
| Ice melt | 8 |
| Household compound | 18 |
| Highway department supply in the Northeast | 42 |
| Hardly a landlubber | 19 |
| Grocery grains | 14 |
| Grains used by pretzel makers | 29 |
| Grains in the kitchen | 21 |
| Grains in a pinch | 17 |
| Grains for diners | 17 |
| Good Riddance's ice melter song? | 36 |
| Gold novel | 10 |
| Fries seasoning | 15 |
| Fries flavoring | 15 |
| Focaccia topping | 16 |
| Feature of Utah flats | 21 |
| Eggs sprinkling | 15 |
| Do certain road work | 20 |
| Dinner sprinkling | 17 |
| Dietary no-no, sometimes | 24 |
| Deice, in a way | 15 |
| Dead Sea feature | 16 |
| Dead Sea contents | 17 |
| De-icing substance | 18 |
| Dash for a recipe, maybe | 24 |
| Curing stuff | 12 |
| Curing need | 11 |
| Crystals in a shaker | 20 |
| Cracker coating | 15 |
| Chip seasoning | 14 |
| Cellar or lick | 14 |
| Cellar occupant | 15 |
| Captain Hook or Kidd e.g. | 26 |
| Brine feature | 13 |
| Book by Herbert Gold | 20 |
| Billy Budd, e.g. | 16 |
| Below the ___ | 13 |
| Band of Horses "The Great ___ Lake" | 45 |
| Arms-talk acronym | 17 |
| Ancient Roman money | 19 |
| Alum, for one | 13 |
| Add flavor | 10 |
| A dash, maybe | 13 |
| 2010 Angelina Jolie spy film | 28 |
| 2002 Mark Kurlansky book subtitled "A World History" | 62 |
| 1972 agreement, for short | 25 |
| "S" shaker | 20 |
| 'Tis the seasoning to be chary of | 37 |
| 'Tis the season to be chary | 31 |
| ____ away: cache | 16 |
| ___ cellar | 10 |
| Lox accompaniers | 16 |
| Deli delivery | 13 |
| Like bar snacks | 15 |
| Like most pretzels | 18 |
| Like most potato chips | 22 |
| Like margarita glasses | 22 |
| Like many peanuts | 17 |