| TOPS | Leafy parts of carrots and other root vegetables; teetotums; or, uppermost creamy layers of milk (4) |
| TOP | Word for a carrot leaf; a circus tent; a crest or tuft; a lid; a teetotum; a T-shirt; or, the uppermost creamy layer of unhomogenised milk (3) |
| SMASH | Demolish last of carrots and potatoes (5) |
| SPIN | What teetotums do |
| HEADING | Something leading, topping or uppermost, such as the top of a curtain or the title/rubric at the top of a page; or, bearing/direction (7) |
| SURFACES | Outside parts or uppermost layers (8) |
| REJOICING | Celebrating creamy layer, advancing 16.67% reservations, 50% jobs |
| CROSTINI | Pieces of toast with toppings - odd bits of carrot and some sturgeon - in Italy (8) |
| UMBEL | Inflorescence of carrot and related plants including dill, fennel and parsley (5) |
| ENACT | Execute, having brought about last of carrot and stick (5) |
| PEGTOP | Pear-shaped wooden teetotum spun on its metal pin by means of pulling the string in which it is wound; or, a description of voluminous trousers that taper at the ankles (3-3) |
| HEAD | Edible leafy part of a cabbage or lettuce (4) |
| VEGA | Small serving of carrots, say, given to a big star (4) |
| BABY | Young little vegetables, such as carrots and beetroot (4) |
| PEAS | Partners of carrots |
| ROOT | ___ vegetables (foods like carrots and beets) |
| ROTA | Part of carrot again in work schedule (4) |
| FARM | It can be surrounded by carrots and beets |
| SLAW | Cabbage, carrots and mayo |
| BETA | ___-carotene (pigment in carrots and cantaloupes) |