| FENNEL | Aromatic umbellifer such as finocchio that is one of the symbolic plants in Ophelia's floral soliloquy in Hamlet with columbine, daisy, pansy, rosemary, rue and violet (6) |
| CELERY | Based on the Greek for "parsley", an umbellifer, such as the "pascal" variety with crisp leaf-stalks served in salads or used as a base ingredient in the aromatic mixture mirepoix (6) |
| ANGELIC | Sweet aromatic umbellifer last to be removed (7) |
| MUDRA | Sanskrit word for "seal, sign, token", thus for any of the symbolic hand gestures in Hindu ceremonies, classical Indian dance, statuary and yoga (5) |
| LILY | A purely symbolic plant |
| COGNITION | The symbolic, or top-down, approach in AI research seeks to replicate intelligence by analyzing _________ independent of the biological structure of the brain, in terms of the processing of symbols (9 |
| NIUE | The "Rock of Polynesia" in the South Pacific that is one of the largest coral atolls in the world (4) |
| COLANDER | A chinois-like kitchen strainer, adopted by "Pastafarians" as the symbolic headgear of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (8) |
| SANSKRIT | Ancient language of India that is one of the official languages of the country (8) |
| KULAN | Wild donkey that is one of the largest onagers/hemiones and one of the fastest animals on Earth (5) |
| SOHO | Area of the West End of London that is one of the city's main entertainment districts (4) |
| ALGARVE | With definite article, name of a coastal region of Portugal that is one of the sunniest parts of Europe (7) |
| LIVER | Part of the pig that is one of the main ingredients in Mallorca's traditional Frito Mallorquin dish (5) |
| ANGELICA | An umbellifer of fens and damp meadows/woods, traditionally candied to decorate cakes or infused with some 130 other botanicals in the aromatic liqueur Chartreuse (8) |
| PARSNIP | Creamy-coloured root vegetable in the family of umbellifers that includes carrots, celeriac, dill, fennel and lovage (7) |
| OZONE | An allotrope of oxygen that is one of the greenhouse gases; or, a word for fresh, invigorating salty air, as breathed at the seaside (5) |
| CARDINALS | St. Louis ___ MLB team and member of the NL Central division that is one of the teams with the most World Series titles |
| PIRATES | Pittsburgh ___ MLB team and member of the NL Central division that is one of the teams with the most World Series titles |
| REDSOX | Boston ___ MLB team and member of the AL East division that is one of the teams with the most World Series titles: 2 wds. |
| ATHLETICS | Oakland ___ MLB team and member of the AL West division that is one of the teams with the most World Series titles |
