| CORM | It is like a bulb, in garlic or mushroom (4) |
| LILY | Flower that grows from a bulb in many different colours, the Calla variety on Mallorca, however, is mostly white (4) |
| BULB | Subterranean part of a plant such as an amaryllis, narcissus, hyacinth or tulip, or that of the garlic or shallot consisting of a number of cloves (4) |
| DARK | What it is like at night when there are no lights (4) |
| CORE | ?Middle section of garlic or eschalot (4) |
| LEEK | It's in garlic's genus |
| THREEFOURTIME | It is like a waltz, therefore it - um - changes (5-4,4) |
| IDEA | It's represented by a light bulb in comic strips |
| GILL | Fish or mushroom feature |
| GROW | Snowball, balloon, or mushroom |
| ASTERN | It is like a gull that is behind a sailor (6) |
| CLOVE | A segment of a bulb or garlic; or, the dried flower bud of a tree related to myrtle used as a traditional painkiller for toothache, or to flavour masala chai, biryani or mulled wine (5) |
| COALTIT | Was a small company at altitude? It is like a little black bird (4-3) |
| ELOPING | It is like a ramp when you move logs around a pin (7) |
| JACKET | It is like a coat, but smaller (6) |
| SIMILE | It is like a figure of speech (6) |
| ASKING | It is like a monarch issuing an invitation (6) |
| SCAPE | The cry of a snipe when flushed; the snipe itself; an old word for a getaway, slip or transgression; a suffix indicating a scene, as in land, moon or sea; or, the leafless flower stem of the amaryllis |
| LEDS | Many modern Christmas bulbs, in brief |
| VOLAUVENT | From the French for "flight in the breeze", a bouchee a la reine-like puff pastry case or shell filled with chicken or mushroom veloute (3-2-4) |
