| HERBALISM | Medicine using roots and seeds (9) |
| QUADRATIC | Notice pig breaking fast briefly, using roots? (9) |
| CARPOLOGY | The study of fruits and seeds (9) |
| CORIANDER | Plant with aromatic leaves and seeds (9) |
| TONSORIAL | Hairdresser's damaged roots and trimmed nails (9) |
| GERMINATE | Put forth roots and shoots (9) |
| SUNFLOWER | Large yellow flower used for oil and seeds |
| YGGDRASIL | In Norse mythology, the ash tree that was thought to overshadow the world, binding together earth, heaven and hell with its roots and branches |
| RADICITUS | ... Utterly, completely, root and branch (hook, line and sinker?) |
| BRAZILNUT | Exporter of coffee, fruitcake and seed |
| ALEXHALEY | Author of the fictional saga Roots and The Autobiography Of Malcolm X (4,5) |
| SALMONARM | British Columbia city on Shuswap Lake which hosts the Roots and Blues music festival each Summer: 2 wds. |
| NATUROPATHY | System of medicine using diet and exercise (11) |
| FORENSIC | Type of medicine using conifers? (8) |
| ACUPUNCTURE | Complementary medicine using needles |
| INJECTED | Gave medicine using a syringe (8) |
| ACUPUNCTURIST | One who practises a form of complementary medicine using needles (13) |
| CYANIDE | Toxic chemical compound first isolated from Prussian blue in 1782 and present in high quantities in the stones and seeds of fruits such as apples, apricots and peaches (7) |
| CARDAMOM | Dry fruits and seeds, commonly ground, and popular in South Asian curries and in Scandinavian pastries |
| DAHLIA | Any of several plants having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously coloured flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia (6) |
