| THEBEAN | Chicago landmark nicknamed for its resemblance to a legume |
| PETRA | The Rose City, so nicknamed for its pink sandstone |
| PEABRAIN | Numbskull whose head is compared to a legume: Hyph. |
| MOUSE | An originally corded device named for its resemblance to a long-tailed rodent; or, with "potato", in imitation of "couch potato", a person who spends excessive amounts of time sat at a computer, using |
| OLDDRAGONSHEAD | Section of the eastern end of this puzzle's landmark, so named for its resemblance to a mythical beast drinking from the sea |
| MARCONIRIG | Sailboat configuration named for its resemblance to a radio antenna |
| SEAANEMONE | Creature named for its resemblance to a brightly colored flowering plant |
| SNAPDRAGON | Spring bloom named for its resemblance to a mythical creature |
| TULIP | Flower named for its resemblance to a turban |
| NAVELORANGE | Fruit named for its resemblance to a human body part |
| BEARCLAW | Pastry named for its resemblance to a paw: 2 wds. |
| SCOTCHBONNET | Pepper named for its resemblance to a tam-o'shanter |
| CAPUCHIN | Monkey named for its resemblance to a monk |
| PIE | Chart type named for its resemblance to a dessert |
| SCOTCH | _ bonnet, hot chilli pepper named for its resemblance to a tam o' shanter (6) |
| PAVE | Rustic "cobblestone" bread named for its resemblance to a traditional rectangular French sett (4) |
| ICING | Frosting, glace or other such naturally white sugary sweet glaze or topping named for its resemblance to frozen water; or, alluding to its enhancement of a cake, a word for a bonus or unexpected extra |
| OXBOW | A horseshoe bend or meander in a river, named for its resemblance to the U-shape of the collar of a yoke (2-3) |
| BRACKET | From "codpiece" or "breeches", an architectural support, such as a corbel, supposedly named for its resemblance to the aforesaid pouch; or, either of a pair of parentheses ( ) [ ] { } for enclosing wo |
| BRUSH | Twiggy lopping of trees; a besom, broom or whisk; or, a white-tipped tail of a fox, named for its resemblance to an artist's traditional filbert, rigger or other paint applicator of the same name (5) |
