| ROUTE | Parsnip reported in road. (5) |
| UMBEL | From the Latin meaning "sunshade", an inflorescence of parsley or its relatives including carrot, dill, fennel and parsnip (5) |
| ROOTS | Subterranean parts of plants including alexanders, horseradish, Jerusalem artichoke, parsnip, rampion and salsify that are eaten as vegetables (5) |
| NIPPY | Testing parsnip pyrometer showed it was a bit cold (5) |
| MACHE | French name for lamb's lettuce, a buttery-tasting salad leaf served in warm salads with roasted carrots, parsnips, butternut squash etc (5) |
| SYRUP | Maple -; ingredient used to flavour savoury foods such as ham, roasted parsnips or bacon as well as sweet recipes such as pancakes and waffles (5) |
| NEEPS | Scottish and northern English word for turnips that influenced the naming of parsnips (5) |
| IOOTS | Turnips and parsnips |
| TERRA | Chips brand made from taro, sweet potatoes and parsnips |
| SKIRRET | Tudor root vegetable prepared and eaten in the same manner as a parsnip, grown in the kitchen gardens at Hampton Court Palace (7) |
| PAPER | (and 6 Across) Each parsnip can be turned into Christmas decorations (5,6) |
| ROOT | A plant's "anchor" known in its edible form as a carrot, parsnip, radish, swede or turnip, among other things; or, a word's etymon (4) |
| VEGETABLE | From the Latin meaning "animating", an edible bulb, leaf, root or stem such as fennel, kale, parsnip or Swiss chard grown in an allotment, potager or victory garden (9) |
| UMBELS | Sunshade-like inflorescences characteristic of angelica, chervil, cicely, dill, fennel, parsnip and other plants in the parsley family (6) |
| ROOTSTOCK | Source of parsnip liquor, perhaps (9) |
| ROOTVEGETABLE | Parsnip, carrot, or turnip, for example (4,9) |
| PEA | One end of parsnip, say, or other vegetable (3) |
| SPRAIN | Twist and remove the top from roast parsnip (6) |
| STRINGPEA | For vegetable fricassee get parsnip chopped |
| NEEP | Turnip once called 'parsnip', originally |
