| THYMI | Glands at the root of the neck which become vestigial in adulthood |
| THYMUS | Ductless gland at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes in children and becomes vestigial in adulthood (6) |
| TONSILS | Lymph glands at the root of the tongue (7) |
| ASPIDISTRA | Houseplant which become popular in late Victorian Britain (10) |
| TURTLENECKS | They're in the soup and get it in the neck which they find most wearing |
| ADRENAL | Related to two glands at the top of the kidneys (7) |
| JUGULAR | Veins in the neck which return blood from the head (7) |
| DRAWTOAHEAD | Sketch up to the neck which will bring it to a crisis (4,2,1,4) |
| FOLLICLE | The gland or cavity at the root of a hair |
| EVIL | Money's at the root of all of it, so it's said |
| THYROID | Gland at the base of the neck (7) |
| THYMIC | Pertaining to a gland at the base of the neck |
| GUMBOIL | An abscess at the root of a decayed tooth (7) |
| OUTSOURCE | Deploy third party to reveal what's at the root of it (9) |
| TUBER | Underground type of stem or rhizome in the form of a potato, Jerusalem artichoke, cassava, taro or yam; or, the root of the dahlia (5) |
| TONSIL | Either of the two small masses of lymphoid tissue on each side of the root of the tongue |
| TONSILLITIS | Inflammation affecting either of two small masses of lymphoid tissue on each side of the root of the |
| FEAR | Term for dread which, in Greek, is the root of the word "phobia" (4) |
| DENTINE | Principal component of teeth, covered at the root by cementum and at the crown by enamel (7) |
| PITUITARY | Gland at the base of the brain |
