| PEAS | Items in a shepherd's pie |
| TOPLAYER | Mashed potatoes, in a shepherd's pie |
| PEA | Bit in a shepherd's pie |
| MINCED | Like the lamb in a shepherd's pie, say |
| LAMBS | Little ones in a shepherd's flock |
| STAFF | School's body of teachers; a flagpole; or, a rod such as a bishop's crosier or a shepherd's crook (5) |
| OAT | A cereal grass with grains traditionally fed to racehorses to gee them up; literary word for a straw of said plant as a shepherd's pipe; or, a pastoral poem generally (3) |
| SCORE | A shepherd's historical tally of 20 sheep; the notch duly made; points in a game; or, a grievance or grudge (5) |
| LAMB | Meat that in minced form is a traditional ingredient in shepherd's pie (4) |
| RING | Burner on a gas stove; a mark left by a coffee cup; a circle of mushrooms; or, a planetary disc "herded" by a shepherd moon (4) |
| CARAVAN | Collective noun for a group of travellers; or, a shepherd's hut-like vehicle depicted in paintings by Munnings (7) |
| HUDSON | Author and ornithologist who wrote The Naturalist in la Plata, Afoot in England, A Shepherd's Life and the novel Green Mansions (6) |
| CROSIER | Staff with a curved top resembling a shepherd's crook, carried by bishops or abbots as a symbol of pastoral office (7) |
| CUR | From the Old Norse for "grumble, growl", word for a shepherd's dog or watchdog first, but now a worthless mutt or vicious mongrel; or, a cowardly, despicable or detestable scoundrel (3) |
| ESCORT | Shepherd's pie at last - I'm surprised in a way |
| GREENPEA | Small, round legume in shepherd's pie |
| MINCE | Ground meat used in shepherd's pie |
| POTATO | Vegetable in shepherd's pie |
| MASHED | Like the potatoes in shepherd's pie |
| PIE | Formerly it was spent in India for a shepherd's dish (3) |
