| ANTHRISCUS | Genus of cow parsley and chervil - such strain, perhaps (10) |
| LOVAGE | Used to make a traditional English alcoholic cordial, a herbaceous perennial plant in a family that includes angelica, celery, cow parsley and fennel (6) |
| TENSION | One isn't prepared for such strain (7) |
| GIANTHOGWEED | A tall species of cow parsley whose irritant hairs and sap can cause a severe reaction if handled (5,7) |
| HOGWEED | Giant _, tall species of cow parsley whose irritant hairs and sap can cause a severe reaction if handled (7) |
| TARRAGON | One of the four fines herbes of French cuisine, along with parsley, chives and chervil (8) |
| FINESHERBES | Chopped parsley, chives, tarragon and chervil, the mainstay of classical French cuisine (5,6) |
| ARTISAN | A strain, perhaps, for the working man (7) |
| ALCHEMILLA | - mollis; English country-garden plant known as lady's mantle that can be paired with camomile, love-in-a-mist, delphinium, lily of the valley, cow parsley etc in summer flower arrangements (10) |
| VERMICELLI | Husband left out chervil and lime when cooking the pasta (10) |
| HERBGERARD | Plant similar to cow parsley but with different leaves, also known as ground elder (4,6) |
| COWPARSLEY | A tall plant used in traditional medicine, also known as wild chervil (3,7) |
| OXTAILSOUP | Last part of cow perhaps used as starter (6,4) |
| HERBES | French word for culinary plants such as those used to make bouquet garnis or "fines" mixtures of chopped chervil, chives, parsley and tarragon (6) |
| BOUQUETGARNI | French-style miniature posy of bay, chervil, parsley and thyme, used to impart subtle herbal flavours to stews and other dishes, often with wine (7,5) |
| GARNI | Bouquet -; bundle of herbs traditionally comprising sprigs of parsley and thyme and a bay leaf (5) |
| MESCLUN | Provencal salad containing a mixture of young greens and flowers such as rocket, dandelion leaves, chervil, endive and lamb's lettuce (7) |
| FENNEL | Aniseed-flavoured bulb of a herb related to carrot, parsley and parsnip (6) |
| CELERIAC | Root vegetable of a plant related to parsley and parsnip (8) |
| MEUNIERE | Sauce consisting of brown butter, parsley and lemon (Fr) (8) |
