| NUTMEGS | Hard, round seeds that are grated for spice (7) |
| PEASANTS | Round seeds with insects for agricultural labourers? (8) |
| STARTER | Person looking hard round back of restaurant for appetiser (7) |
| SOYBEAN | Ban, yes, arranged to include round seed (3,4) |
| SESAMES | Seeds that flavor bagels or chicken |
| ROADHOG | Go hard round bends, as he might |
| EACHDAY | "Don't judge _ _ by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant": Robert Louis Stevenson (4,3) |
| UNICORN | Successful startup: a seed that can burst after college (7) |
| RADICLE | Part of a seed that becomes the root |
| FENUGREEK | Plant with aromatic seeds that are used for flavouring (9) |
| ALLSPICE | Tropical American tree, Pimenta officinalis, whose berries have seeds that are used as a spice (8) |
| CHICKPEA | The plant Cicer arietinum, cultivated for its seeds that are a key ingredient in hummus (8) |
| BUCKWHEAT | Plant with starchy seeds that are milled into flour in the US (9) |
| RICE | Shiny white seeds that are cooked in liquid |
| CHIA | Plant seeds that are often used to make a healthy drinks (4) |
| SESAME | Type of seeds that are used to flavour bread and also yield an edible oil (6) |
| NUTMEG | Hard seed grated for a spice (6) |
| COURGETTE | Summer squash often harvested in gluts whose flowers are served filled with ricotta as tempura and its flesh griddled, grated for fritters or spiralised for zoodles (9) |
| PARM | Cheese that's often grated, for short |
| ZEST | Joie de vivre; or, citrus peel, finely grated for cookery (4) |
