| RICHNESS | Number of species within a biological community; affluence; creaminess/butteriness of a food; or, the vividness of a colour (8) |
| ETAS | Greek letters that become other Greek letters by adding B or Z or TH at the start |
| PHONEME | "Sh" or "th," linguistically |
| TASTE | Sensation of a salty, savoury, sharp, sour, spicy or sweet flavour, as studied in neurogastronomy; or, a sample of a food or wine or of any experience (5) |
| GREATTIT | Green, yellow and black garden bird whose call is often considered a harbinger of spring and is the largest of the six species within its family (5,3) |
| FLAVOUR | The distinctive taste of a food or drink (7) |
| ECOSYSTEM | Word for a biological community of flora/fauna and the physical environment in which they collectively interact, such as a coral reef, rainforest, river or woodland (9) |
| LAC | Scarlet resinous secretion of a number of species of insects of the superfamily Coccoidea |
| PUD | Short word for a food or dish that may be black, made of rice, a mess of meringue or sticky with toffee (3) |
| PULSE | Burst mode of a food processor; life-force, rhythm or tactus of a piece of music; a heartbeat; or, a transient electromagnetic disturbance (5) |
| BEATER | A percussion mallet; or, one of a pair of attachments of a food mixer (6) |
| RATION | Associated with a ready reckoner, an allowance of a food/commodity during a time of shortage or war (6) |
| ONE | Number of species known to cry tears of emotion |
| GALAPAGOS | During his voyage on the Beagle, Charles Darwin studied the vast number of species on this archipela |
| OBESE | Is showing a bit of robe sexy? No it's a sign of a food lover (5) |
| RYE | A food, or drink |
| OPENER | Device needed to unseal a food or drinks container |
| MULTIGRAIN | Description of a food such as bread baked with a mixture of cereals and seeds (10) |
| ANIMALS | Studied in zoology and ethology, the approximately 8.7 million species of living organisms in a biological kingdom (7) |
| AMNIOTE | Member of a biological clade including birds, reptiles and mammals, named after a membrane surrounding the foetus |
