| REDDISH | Plate of beetroot, say, with a crimson tinge (7) |
| CHENOPOD | Layer in firm container for beans or beetroot, say |
| RATA | A sailor comes back with a crimson bloom from New Zealand (4) |
| REDLY | With a crimson glow, perhaps (5) |
| CHRAINE | Traditional mixture of beetroot and horseradish eaten with gefilte fish (Yiddish) (7) |
| BORSCHT | A Russian soup of beetroot, etc (7) |
| CALDERA | A crimson resin rises in crater (7) |
| BREEZES | Pieces of cake and French cheeses say with a drop of sherry (7) |
| ATHLETE | Runner, say, with a bit of a foot infection (7) |
| MAGENTA | A crimson dye |
| SEGHOLS | Pronunciation marks in Hebrew, say, with a lot of influence in margins of scripts (7) |
| CRIMEAN | Treason, say, with a note regarding a war? (7) |
| CADENCE | Accountant's dense, they say with a lowering of the voice (7) |
| UNCLEAN | Sam, say, with a new finish, was a bit bedraggled (7) |
| COTTAGE | On Thames, say, with a type of cheese from Hugh Feamley-Whittingstall's base (5,7) |
| GAMETAL | Chess, say, with a champion like an egg cell (7) |
| HAYSEED | Hick, say, with a twist in mind (7) |
| SIGHTED | Given a place, say, with a view? |
| ANTIQUE | Valuable object of wood, say, with a note at the front |
| ELECTRA | Choose an artist, say, with a complex (7) |
