### Clue: Powdered seed tablets — first couple taken last — one must swallow (8)
### Answer: ALLSPICE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Powdered seed
 [ PILLS(tablets, of medicine, say) **with its 1st 2 letters**(first couple) **moved to the end(**taken last) ] **contained in**(… must swallow) ACE(one, as in the playing card, "the ace of heats").
Defn: …/dried fruit used as a culinary spice.