| AROMATIC | A plant or food with a fragrance of herbs or spices (8) |
| SACHET | Cloth bag of lavender or potpourri as a pomander for a drawer; a small tied cheesecloth or muslin sack of herbs or spices; or, a miniature packet of salt, shampoo, sugar etc (6) |
| ROBUST | From the Latin for "oak, strength", a word for something healthy, strong, sturdy or vigorous, or for wine or food with a rich full-bodied flavour (6) |
| RISSOLES | Fried cakes of chopped meat, fish or vegetables mixed with herbs or spices (8) |
| KNOT | Lovers' bond; a lump of toads; a nest of snakes; a tangle of threads; a twist of fate; a woven tapestry of herbs; or, a sandpiper that derives its name from a king whose royal wave failed to stop the |
| INFUSION | A process of brewing, soaking or steeping herbs or tea leaves; or, the extract, drink or remedy obtained (8) |
| BOASTERS | Flowers with a fragrance problem firstly are braggarts |
| VERONICA | Herb or a cloth impressed with an image of Christ (8) |
| SCHNAPPS | Which strong alcoholic drink is made by adding fruit syrups or spices to neutral grain spirits? (8) |
| FOCACCIA | Flat oven-baked Italian bread which may be topped with herbs or other ingredients |
| RISSOLE | A flattened cake of chopped meat, fish or vegetables mixed with herbs or spices and fried in breadcrumbs (7) |
| CAMOMILE | Herb whose name means "earth-apple" owing to the fragrance of its foliage and daisy-like blossoms planted to form lawns or steeped to make relaxing tisanes and tonics (8) |
| SEASONING | Salt, herbs or spices added to food to enhance flavour (9) |
| FIVESOME | Great Lakes or Spice Girls |
| TARRAGON | Herb or Jack, organ grinder (8) |
| ROSEMARY | Culinary herb, or TV chef Shrager (8) |
| MEAD | A hayfield or a lea; or, hydromel, melomel, metheglin or other sweet wine flavoured with fruit or spices, but mainly honey from the bee (4) |
| TISANE | A tea-like infusion of herbs or flowers |
| TEABAG | Sachet of herbs or dried leaves of Camellia sinensis for infusion (6) |
| JASMINE | With a fragrance strongest at night and blossoms used to scent a variety of China tea, a flower symbolising love and beauty; the national flower of Pakistan (7) |
