| TOMATILLO | Edible purple or yellow fruit used in Mexican cooking (9) |
| QUINCE | Hard, fragrant yellow fruit used in preserve making (6) |
| BANANA | Tropical tree with yellow fruit used in medicine (6) |
| JALAPENO | Green chilli pepper used in Mexican cooking (8) |
| CHIPOTLE | Smoke-dried ripe jalapeno pepper used in Mexican cooking, usually as a powder (8) |
| EPAZOTE | The leaves of wormseed used in Mexican cooking (7) |
| TABASCO | Peppery red sauce used in Mexican cooking (7) |
| PINTOBEAN | Pulse used in Mexican cuisine (5,4) |
| MASA | In Mexican cooking, a maize flour dough used to make tamales, tortillas etc. (4) |
| CHERRYPLUMS | Asian trees naturalised in Britain, with red or yellow fruit sometimes used for jam |
| RELLENO | Stuffed with cheese, in Mexican cooking |
| TACO | Meat-filled pancake in Mexican cooking (4) |
| NACHO | Some scorn a chocolate chip in Mexican cooking |
| TACOS | Thin rolled pancakes with a meat filling in Mexican cooking (5) |
| TORTILLA | Round flat cake of unleavened bread in Mexican cooking (8) |
| MAIZE | What cereal is a staple in Mexican cooking? (5) |
| IRIS | Polychromatic gemstone also called rainbow quartz; or, a purple or yellow flower found in a herbaceous border or at the water's edge (4) |
| MAFURIA | Orange or yellow fruit of the Trichiliametica tree, found in Mozambique (7) |
| CACTI | Nopales, in Mexican cooking |
| GORDITAS | Thick pancakes, in Mexican cooking |
