| ORZO | Pastina in the form of grains of rice served in some varieties of Italian wedding soup (4) |
| OATMEAL | Love taking food in the form of grain |
| PECORINO | Any of several varieties of Italian cheese made from ewes' milk (8) |
| SAND | Millions of grains of this on the beach (4) |
| QUORN | Brand of mycoprotein served in some vegan, veggie and plant-based recipes (5) |
| MOIST | How rice served in sushi is supposed to be |
| PILAU | Flavoured rice served in an eggcup? I laughed! (5) |
| FORTUNECOOKIES | Biscuits containing messages on paper, served in some Chinese restaurants (7,7) |
| INORGANIC | One form of grain containing no carbon is artificial (9) |
| POLLINIA | Agglutinated masses of grains of fertilising powder (8) |
| IRIS | With lower petals known as falls, flower with a species whose violet-scented orris root is used in perfumery and as a botanical extract in some varieties of gin (4) |
| ALOE | Ingredient in some varieties of Irish Spring |
| EROS | Depicted in an Angelica Kauffman painting and sometimes in decorative scenes on Italian wedding chests or "cassoni", the Greek god of love (4) |
| EGGS | Protein-rich foods used to make non-vegan frittatas, omelettes, souffles, Yorkshire puddings, sauces and some varieties of cake (4) |
| OPAL | Amorphous form of hydrated silica resembling chalcedony, with some varieties prized as gems (4) |
| PEAS | Podded garden legumes related to lentils, broad beans, liquorice and clover, used to flavour soups, risottos and some varieties of hummus (4) |
| ZITI | Pasta similar to penne sometimes served at Sicilian or Italian weddings (4) |
| TURNIP | One of the root vegetables used in some varieties of Scotch broth (6) |
| LEMONADE | Sparkling citrus beverage served in a Pimm's cocktail with cucumber and mint or in some varieties of St Clements (8) |
| FIG | Fruit of a tree in the mulberry family used to make some varieties of Christmas pudding or pastry biscuits in the form of rolls (3) |
