| DOUGH | Basis of bread (5) |
| FLOUR | Ingredient forming the basis of bread, pastry, batter and some sauces (5) |
| FLOURISH | The basis of bread is hard to grow profusely (8) |
| ROLLO | Viking leader who received the district that formed the basis of the duchy of Normandy from Charles III of France (5) |
| REMUS | Legend says that the two founders of Rome were suckled by a she-wolf. The name of one of those brothers, Romulus, was the basis of the city's name. What was the other brother's name? |
| ELIOT | Nicknamed "possum" by fellow poet Ezra Pound, the author of a series of "cat poems", written for his godchildren, that later formed the basis of a record-breaking musical (5) |
| STOLZ | Robert ?, Austrian composer of Der Tanz ins Gluck, basis of 1922 West End musical comedy Whirled into Happiness (5) |
| THERM | Unit of heat used in the UK as the basis of gas bills (5) |
| STEPS | Sequences of foot movements forming the basis of dance patterns (5) |
| KNOTS | Ornamental ribbons; units of nautica speed; or, fastened loops or hitches forming the basis of macrame (5) |
| GARNI | Bouquet -; bundle of herbs used as the basis of Provencal cookery (5) |
| WIGHT | Real surname of James Herriot, whose memoirs describing his life as a vet in the Yorkshire Dales form the basis of the films and serials titled All Creatures Great and Small (5) |
| MATZO | Cracker-like unleavened bread eaten during Passover or ground as the basis of balls/dumplings served in chicken soup, aka "Jewish penicillin" (5) |
| SONAR | Device that is basis of depth sounder (5) |
| PLANT | Heavy machinery is basis of horticulture (5) |
| VODKA | Basis of a screwdriver (5) |
| ARMIE | Actor Hammer of On the Basis of Sex |
| LATIN | Basis of the Romance languages (5) |
| STOCK | Basis of soups (5) |
| BEETS | These veggies form the basis of borscht (5) |
