| ROOTED | Searched for truffles |
| GANACHE | Blend of melted chocolate and cream used for truffles, glazes, icings and fillings for cakes (7) |
| ROOTLED | Searched vigorously, in the manner of a pig looking for truffles (7) |
| ROOT | Look for truffles |
| ROOTLE | Dig (as pig for truffles) (6) |
| SNIFF | Hunt for truffles |
| PIG | Animal that might hunt for truffles |
| ROOTLES | Searches, like a pig does for truffles |
| SNOUTS | They're used in digging for truffles |
| COCOA | Powdered food derived from the beans of a tropical tree, used for truffles, brownies, marble cakes and bedtime drinks (5) |
| TARTUFO | Italian for "truffle", thus for a white example of said earth-nut; or, a bombe of chocolate-coated ice cream, reminiscent of such a delicacy (7) |
| PIGS | Animals used for truffle hunting |
| TUBERS | White truffles, for example |
| SEASALT | Topping for dark-chocolate truffles, perhaps |
| LINDT | Swiss confectionery known for its truffles |
| GAMINESS | Georgia digs for the last of truffles with a wild flavour (8) |
| FOIEGRAS | I forage about, finding truffles ultimately for pate (4,4) |
| CHOCOLATE | Ingredient derived from roasted, ground cacao beans, used for recipes including mousse, Sachertorte, marquise and truffles (9) |
| WHITE | - chocolate; vanilla-flavoured confection used for some types of truffles, cheesecakes and iced berries (5) |
| FUNGI | Truffles, for example, give pleasure to US soldier (5) |
