Cliches
Someone who seeks out onerous or painful tasks is a "glutton for" this.
Punishment
The FDA says the 8 most common allergenic foods include eggs, soybeans & of course, these legumes.
Peanuts
If you're "in the red", you're in this, not where you want to be financially
Debt
Childish or immature (8)
Juvenile
It's used as the bitter herbs at the Passover seder & is a traditional accompaniment to roast beef.
Horseradish
This phrase meaning to try something out is often followed by "& see who salutes"
Run it up the flagpole
From a Greek word for "people", it describes a disease that affects many people at one time.
A pandemic
Ships usually "drop" this when they want to stay in place.
Anchor
Medea's man (5)
Jason
Though this spice is the flavor of hot tamales candies, it is not one of these ingredients
Cinnamon
Thomas Paine used a variation of the cliche "From the sublime to" this
The ridiculous
This is a sign of the most common form of colorblindness, the inability to tell the difference between red and green, caused by an abnormality in these cells in the retina.
Cones
Beating "Shoplifters" & "Cold War", "Roma" won the 2018 award in this Oscar category.
Foreign Film
Panthera onca (6)
Jaguar
This grass important to Thai cooking gets its flavor & fragrance from an essential oil called citral.
Lemongrass
Your boss might tell you to be different & creative & "think" this way, a much-used business cliche.
Outside the box
It's the 10-letter term for an irregular heartbeat, whether the beat is too fast, too slow or erratic
Arrhythmia
Claymores & scimitars are types of these.
Swords
A real vein in the neck (7)
Jugular
Olympic medals are imprinted with sprigs of these leaves that cooks use to flavor soups & stews.
Bay Leaves (laurel leaves)
This affirmation of resilience is in the chorus of a 2012 No.1 hit by Kelly Clarkson
Weight, family history & high blood pressure are all contributing factors to the type 2 of this.
Diabetes
From the Latin for "body", the Marines are a formidable one.
A corps
Supporter of James II or his Stuart descendants (8)
Jacobite
Two-word name for this spice. Native to China, it has a flavor similar to fennel.
Star Anise