| VERITABLE | It might rival beet to be truly so called (9) |
| WELLINEVER | I'm surprised to be truly engaged, always (4,1,5) |
| INTERVAL | Might rival ten or a third, for one (8) |
| RURAL | Being truly so is perhaps difficult to say (5) |
| BEDSTEAD | Adds beet to mattress support (8) |
| METHUSELAH | Yours truly, so fit, spinning the bottle (10) |
| MANGEL | Yellowish beet to feed cattle (6) |
| IAGO | "We cannot all be masters, nor all masters / Cannot be truly 'd" speaker |
| CONTRITE | Study what's banal and be truly sorry for it (8) |
| ABSOLUTECOLD | OK, it could be truly the coolest (8,4) |
| TELLLIES | Be truly economical with lunches initially in boxes |
| FEELSEEN | Be truly understood, in therapy-speak |
| THEPITS | This pet can be truly awful (3,4) |
| REPENT | Be truly sorry |
| CELEBRATE | It's clear beet has it and will get to make it famous (9) |
| VEGETABLE | Beg leave to differ about beet finally being one such plant (9) |
| ROASTBEEF | As for beet, it's cooked and eaten |
| CANESUGAR | Sweetener that can't be beet? |
| ROOTCROPS | E.g. beet and swedes, poor sort, rotten, about 100 (4,5) |
| CUBESTEAK | A cuke chopped up and put around finest tenderized beet (4,5) |
