| WATERCRESS | A plant of clear ponds and streams, with pungent leaves often used in salads or as a garnish (10) |
| CRESS | Plant with pungent-tasting leaves, often used in salads and as a garnish (5) |
| CELERY | Its leaf stalks are used in salads or as a vegetable (6) |
| WEEVILS | US beetles, used to clear pond weed (*sew veil) (7) |
| CADDIS | Fly of ponds and streams that camouflages itself (6) |
| CHESS | Classic game of skill for two players 0 Plant used in salad or as a garnish (5) |
| SCHOOLMASTERS | A lot of fish change streams with Shakespeare's pedants (13) |
| BEAVER | Which amphibious rodent dams up streams with branches, stones and the like (6) |
| SABBATICAL | A period of leave, often to undertake a different project |
| STEMGINGER | Hinder and trap German man leaving with pungent root preserved in syrup (4,6) |
| HYSSOP | Mint with aromatic and pungent leaves used in perfumery and as a seasoning in cookery. (6) |
| GARLICROTI | Indian flatbread baked with pungent cloves |
| CROUTON | A seasoned cube/slice of baked, fried or toasted bread for a canape or as a garnish for salad or soup (7) |
| BEETROOT | Plant with a bulbous dark red root that is eaten as a vegetable, in salads, or pickled (8) |
| SIDEDISHES | Salads or vegetables on small plates (4,6) |
| ENDIVE | Also known as escarole, a Mediterranean leaf vegetable eaten braised, raw in salads or cooked in omelettes or gratin (6) |
| OREGANO | Pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and in stews and soups (7) |
| DANDELION | Yellow-flowered weed used in salads or to make wine (9) |
| WALNUTS | Kernels of a tree in the genus Juglans, used for carrot and coffee cakes, brownies, goats cheese salads or traditionally pickled (7) |
| MAYO | Short word for a creamy emulsion of egg yolks and oil as a condiment for burgers, salads or sandwiches (4) |
