| BLACKCURRANT | Shrub whose botanical name is Ribes nigrum (12) |
| OLIVE | Tree whose botanical name is Olea europaea (5) |
| APPLETREE | Its botanical name is Malus domestica (5,4) |
| NEVIS | 'Ben ___', highest variety of Ribes nigrum? (5) |
| GOOSEBERRIES | Flowering shrub of the genus Ribes the fruit of which is often used to make preserves (12) |
| WALNUT | With edible kernels eaten from their shells, pickled or baked in coffee cakes, a tree whose botanical name Juglans originates in Roman mythology (6) |
| BEET | Plant whose botanical name, from Celtic for "red", refers to its typically deep red-purple edible roots (4) |
| RUGOSE | Wrinkled, like the black trapdoor spider Idiosoma nigrum (6) |
| RIBES | Time to prune springflowering shrubs such as ___ nigrum or blackcurrant (5) |
| LEAD | What did the ancient Romans refer to as plumbum nigrum? (4) |
| PEPPER | Woody climbing plant, Piper nigrum (6) |
| CURRANT | Ribes sanguineum is also known as flowering ___ (7) |
| CURRANTBUSH | A ribes shrub, perhaps (7,4) |
| REDCURRANT | The shrub Ribes rubrum (10) |
| BLACKPEPPER | Seeds of the plant Piper nigrum, commonly ground or crushed and used as a spice (5,6) |
| WHITEPEPPER | Seasoning creating by grinding the seed of the ripe fruit of Piper nigrum, with the thin, darker-coloured skin (flesh) of the fruit removed (5,6) |
| JOJOBA | North American shrub whose oil is used in cosmetics (6) |
| TEATREE | Australian shrub whose oil is used in shampoos and skin creams |
| BLACKTHORN | Large shrub whose fruit is the sloe (10) |
| FILBERT | Shrub whose nut is also called the hazelnut or cobnut (7) |
