Possible Clues:

• Made rain (anag.)
• Spicy liquid for soaking meat or fish
• Girl keeps desperate chap back to prepare food
• A daughter's in jolly pickle
• Soldier receiving notice in a pickle
• Soak food before cooking
• Borders of airfield whose surroundings are jolly steep?
• Steep tumble in a dream
• Steep incline, nearly always downhill for starters, horse on the outside
• Made the rain pour through and soak