### Clue: Smell American appetiser (5)
### Answer: HUMUS 
 ### Explanation: Definition: appetiser
  HUM(a bad odour,*smell*) + US(*American*).
Defn:  The Middle Eastern paste or dip made of chickpeas mashed with oil, garlic, lemon juice, and tahini and usually eaten with pita, as an *appetiser*.  Not all dictionaries give this alternate spelling to "hummus".  "Humus" commonly refers to soil material produced by decomposed vegetable or animal matter, certainly not appetising.