| SUMMERTIME | Season a little with a culinary herb, they say (10) |
| OREGANO | Loves to accommodate one of Lear's daughters with a culinary herb (7) |
| BUYTIME | Delay the inevitable - purchase a herb, they say (3,4) |
| SPARSELY | 'S a herb, they say - it should be scattered thinly |
| OPENSESAME | Entrance-seeking incantation formed by a description of a flower in season + a bagel variety: 2 wds. |
| NONVIOLENT | Peaceful action forbidden before church season - six apprehended (3-7) |
| LEFTIST | Radical allowed to intermingle a little with duke |
| RICH | Little with a lot of voices |
| DOMINIC | He'll accomplish little with a can opener! |
| SPEAK | Say it's small, with a point (5) |
| SHOT | A little with supply (4) |
| TIDIED | Cleaned a little, with "up" |
| SANDAL | Small, with a length of footwear (6) |
| ELFIN | Small with a delicate frame (5) |
| OMNIVORE | One with a culinary "Dilemma," in a Michael Pollan title |
| WREATH | Circlet of seasonal winter greenery placed on a door or a table during the festive season; a niveous drift formed in a blizzard; or, a curl of smoke or cloud (6) |
| MINT | A culinary herb; a sweet such as a humbug or polo; or, a facility where coins are manufactured (4) |
| PORKPIE | Trademark Buster Keaton hat with a culinary name |
| EGRET | Little -; with white plumage, black legs and yellow feet, a small heron with plumes heralding its breeding season (5) |
| BLOOMINGONION | Crispy dish with "petals" formed by a description of a flower in season + a bagel variety: 2 wds. |
