| OSTRACISED | Banished from said sector as ordered (10) |
| RANUNCULUS | From the Latin meaning "little frog" or "tadpole", the genus name of buttercups, thought to derive from said flower's abundance in damp places or discovery near streams (10) |
| JUICE | From "broth, sauce, soup", a word for the liquid present in or extracted from fruit and vegetables; a drink made from said nectar; essence or vitality; or, electrical energy (5) |
| PINOT | Name, from a French word for a coniferous cone, for a variety of blanc, grigio, gris or noir wine grapes forming a cluster likened to said strobilus; or, the vin made from said raisins (5) |
| CASSIS | From the French meaning "blackcurrant", a liqueur made from said berry, mixed with champagne or white wine to make kir (6) |
| OIL | From the Latin for "olive", an ingredient traditionally derived from said fruit; or, a flammable liquid whose figurative burning at midnight refers to reading or studying late (3) |
| ACKEE | Jamaica's national fruit whose genus, Blighia, honours William Bligh who took said fruit from said island to Kew Gardens in 1793 (5) |
| BUFF | Word for a wild ox originally, later leather made from said animal's hide; a military coat fashioned from this; or, the dull brownish yellow of oxhide (4) |
| PEPPER | From Sanskrit for "berry", a word, adopted by the Anglo-Saxons, for a spice companion of salt; a capsicum; or, cayenne, derived from said pod (6) |
| BOHEA | Anglicised pronunciation of "WA-yi", given as the name of tea imported to Britain from said Fujian hills; or, black China tea generally (5) |
| SPRUCE | A conifer such as the species with powdery silvery-blue or grey-green needles; its timber; or, beer brewed from said tree's twigs or cones (6) |
| ECHIUM | The genus of the blue devil, aka viper's bugloss, whose name, from said serpent, refers to its snakeskin-like stems and reputed use as a remedy for asp bites (6) |
| SCRUMPY | From "withered apples", name of a variety of cider traditionally brewed in the West Country from said small shrivelled windfalls or griggles (7) |
| BRIBE | Word, from "lump of bread given to a beggar", that over time changed its meaning from said charitable act to a corrupt act informally called a back-hander, boodle, bung or buy-off (5) |
| OOZE | Trickle from said river (4) |
| DAME | Broad conclusions from said data inform judge |
| CARLYLE | Essayist from said city in northern England (7) |
| KNELL | Mournful sound from said girl (5) |
| ODOUR | Smell coming from said river (5) |
| BAIZE | Woollen fabric from said bays (5) |
