STAFF, STADIUM, TUBE, ORANGE, FAIR, NUT, NEEDLE, ICE CREAM, CHARGE.
ICE CREAM, ORANGE, and NUT indicate “food (3)”. Any possible FPs? Don’t think so. Worth a shot.
North suggests all of the correct options. Good job – now just guess them. Ka-ching! All gotten.
Remaining words: STAFF, STADIUM, TUBE, FAIR, NEEDLE, CHARGE.
Possibly “race (4)” - STADIUM, TUBE, CHARGE, FAIR. TUBE is tenuous. WATCH, TIE and LINE are also possibly in the way.
“Puncture (2)” could be for TUBE and NEEDLE.
Or, say, “London (2)” for TUBE and NEEDLE, but I doubt most people think of Cleopatra’s Needle when they t…