| MACHE | French name for lamb's lettuce, a buttery-tasting salad leaf served in warm salads with roasted carrots, parsnips, butternut squash etc (5) |
| ROCKET | Peppery leaf served in warm salads with pancetta, roasted red onion, pecorino, pine nuts, balsamic, etc or sprinkled on prosciutto or artichoke pizza (6) |
| ELIA | Pen name for Lamb |
| SORREL | Acid-tasting salad leaf (6) |
| KALE | With the Tuscan variety cavolo nero, Scots name for a leafy vegetable used for juices, warm salads with tahini, Scotch broth, minestrone, rumbledethumps... (4) |
| PARSNIP | Traditionally said to be best after the first frost, a root vegetable used for savoury rsti, game chips, sweet cakes or warm salads with puy lentils/walnuts (7) |
| PADDLE | Word for a canoe's propelling blade; a splashy barefooted wade; a Ping-Pong player's bat; or, a wooden utensil for shaping a buttery pat (6) |
| SUZETTE | Paired with "crepe", a pancake served in a buttery orange sauce and often flambeed in brandy (7) |
| SQUASH | Butternut"; gourd that can be pured for soups, curried with red lentils and coconut milk or roasted with cumin for warm salads and Buddha bowls (6) |
| ARTICHOKE | Jerusalem -; tuber of a plant in the sunflower family, eaten as a vegetable in risottos, soups, gratins and warm salads (9) |
| BAGATELLE | A roll containing a slice of tomato with bits of lettuce - a mere trifle |
| WALNUT | Introduced to England by the Romans, a tree with kernels used for coffee cakes, brownies, quiches, warm salads or for pickling, Juglans regia (6) |
| RAMPION | A species of purple bellflower whose common name, "Rapunzel", shared with lamb's lettuce, is given to a long-haired maiden in the eponymous fairy tale (7) |
| TOMTHUMB | "Pollex"-sized hero of English folklore whose tininess inspired the names of various small plants and vegetables, including a birdsfoot trefoil, a butterhead lettuce, a dwarf snapdragon and a nasturti |
| SPENCE | Old dialect or Scots word for a cottage parlour; a buttery, larder, pantry or other storeroom for victuals and domestic equipment; or, a monetary allowance (6) |
| CREEP | Feeding enclosure for lambs or piglets; or, a gap in wall or hedge for sheep to pass through (5) |
| RADICCHIO | Plant known as Italian chicory, served in winter salads with Gorgonzola/Stilton (9) |
| MINT | Named after a nymph transformed into a plant by Persephone, a herb used for fresh fruit salad, sauce for lamb, peas, courgette fritatta or mango dishes (4) |
| ENDIVE | Leafy green herb of the daisy family, used in salads, with varieties Curly and Escarole (6) |
| TAHINI | Condiment or paste prepared from ground sesame seeds which is used as an ingredient in hummus, baba ganoush or sauce served with roasted seasonal root vegetables (6) |
