| ARTICHOKE | Its heart is eaten as a vegetable |
| CLEARLY | As is evident, its heart is quite a different organ (7) |
| BEETROOT | Plant with a bulbous dark red root that is eaten as a vegetable, in salads, or pickled (8) |
| SALSIFY | Mediterranean plant whose root is eaten as a vegetable (7) |
| CARROT | Plant whose long, tapering, orange root is eaten as a vegetable (6) |
| SQUASH | Marrow-like plant of the genus Cucurbita whose fruit is eaten as a vegetable (6) |
| KOHLRABI | Cultivated variety of cabbage whose thickened stem is eaten as a vegetable (8) |
| PARSNIP | Strong-smelling plant whose long whitish root is eaten as a vegetable (7) |
| NOUGAT | Sometimes handmade as an edible gift, food known to the Italians as torrone where it is eaten as a traditional Christmas sweet (6) |
| ANT | Its larva is eaten as a delicacy in the Mexican dish escamoles |
| RAMSONS | Broad-leaved garlic whose root is eaten as a relish (7) |
| PALAU | Where fruit bat soup is eaten as a delicacy |
| ORTOLAN | Brownish bunting, Emberiza hortulana, which is eaten as a delicacy (7) |
| LOBSTER | Large marine decapod crustacean whose flesh is eaten as a delicacy |
| HARICOTBEAN | Phaseolus vulgaris, the fruit seed of which is eaten as both a dried (baked) and green vegetable (7,4) |
| MAGGOT | Magnum got its heart eaten out by a fly youngster (6) |
| TRIPE | The stomach of a pig, cow or ox which is eaten as food (5) |
| PEA | A family of plants including the garden Pisum sativum; a seed of the latter, eaten as a vegetable or blown through a shooter; or, a tiny cob of coal, coffee berry, roe of salmon or stone, when akin to |
| SCALLOPS | Molluscs whose meat and roe (called coral) is eaten as seafood (8) |
| CENTRE | Heart unit's lost time, by losing its heart (6) |
