| REDPEPPERS | Bell-shaped fruit of the plant Capsicum annuum, eaten in salads (3,7) |
| PEPPER | Fiery plant Capsicum annuum, whose cultivars include 'Hot Mexican' (6, 6) |
| BUTTERNUT | A variety of pumpkin/squash that shares its name with the tree Juglans cinerea; the egg-shaped fruit of the latter; said arbor's wood; or, brown dye extracted from its bark (9) |
| AVOCADO | Pear-shaped fruit of the tree Persea americana (7) |
| CHILLI | And 13 across Fiery plant Capsicum annuum, whose cultivars include 'Hot Mexican' (6, 6) |
| ALEXANDERS | Smyrnium olusatrum, formerly eaten in salads (10) |
| PLANTAIN | The green-skinned banana-like fruit of the plant Musa paradisiaca, eaten as a staple food in many tropical regions |
| CALABASH | Name the fruit of the plant known as the bottle gourd (8) |
| ROSEHIP | The fruit of the plant climbed over the joint (7) |
| ROSECHAFER | Beetle that eats flowers of the plant that is the national emblem of England (4,6) |
| PAPRIKA | Chief seasoning of a Hungarian goulash, obtained from the pods of Capsicum annuum plants (7) |
| REDPEPPER | The ripe fruit of Capsicum annuum (3,6) |
| SPRINGONION | Immature form of the plant Allium cepa eaten in salads (6,5) |
| MELON | Fruit of the plant family Cucurbitaceae, grown for their sweet-tasting flesh (5) |
| SWEETTALKS | In some parts of the plant, little troublemaker initially uses insincere praise (5,5) |
| MOCKORANGE | Common name of the plant with the variety Belle Etoile, Philadelphus (4,6) |
| NIGHTSHADE | Common name of the plant part of potatoes, tomatoes and aubergines (10) |
| ANCHO | Dried form of the poblano chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum) widely used in Mexican cuisine; Spanish, 'wide' (5) |
| PEPPERS | The green, red or yellow fruits of Capsicum annuum (7) |
| CAPSICUM | Genus of plants whose mild or pungent seeds are enclosed in a pod-shaped or bell-shaped fruit |
