| ARTICHOKEHEARTS | Marinated veggies in salads or hors d'oeuvres (9,6) |
| TAPAS | Savoury snacks or hors d'oeuvres served in Spanish bars and cafes (5) |
| STARTERS | First courses, aperitifs, canapes, appetisers or hors d'oeuvres; race initiators; or, cranking motors (8) |
| BOUCHE | Amuse--, from the French for "mouth pleaser", a small tasty bite or hors d'oeuvre served before a meal (6) |
| ENDIVE | Also known as escarole, a Mediterranean leaf vegetable eaten braised, raw in salads or cooked in omelettes or gratin (6) |
| CELERY | Based on the Greek for "parsley", an umbellifer, such as the "pascal" variety with crisp leaf-stalks served in salads or used as a base ingredient in the aromatic mixture mirepoix (6) |
| SORREL | It provides flavour in salads or relishes |
| DANDELION | Yellow-flowered weed used in salads or to make wine (9) |
| CRESS | Leaves used in salads or as a garnish (5) |
| WATERCRESS | A plant of clear ponds and streams, with pungent leaves often used in salads or as a garnish (10) |
| BEETROOT | Plant with a bulbous dark red root that is eaten as a vegetable, in salads, or pickled (8) |
| SALVADOR | Vinegar primarily used in salad or Brazilian port (8) |
| CHESS | Classic game of skill for two players 0 Plant used in salad or as a garnish (5) |
| ENTREE | French word for an appetiser or hors d'A...uvre served prior to the main course of a formal dinner (6) |
| ORZO | Rice-shaped pasta, can be used in soups, salads or baked (4) |
| ORANGES | Fruits with sweet varieties used for puddings, savoury salads or general eating, or bitter (Seville) for marmalade (7) |
| WALNUTS | Kernels of a tree in the genus Juglans, used for carrot and coffee cakes, brownies, goats cheese salads or traditionally pickled (7) |
| CHIVE | An old word for a small botanical bulb; or, from Latin for "onion", a purple-flowered alliaceous culinary herb with fine green scapes, snipped into creamy sauces, dips, omelettes, salads or scrambled |
| SIDEDISHES | Salads or vegetables on small plates (4,6) |
| DELI | A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats). |
