| BLACKCURRANT | Shrub, Ribes nigrum, with edible black berries (12) |
| 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) |
| MUSSEL | Edible black marine bivalve (6) |
| NEVIS | 'Ben ___', highest variety of Ribes nigrum? (5) |
| REDCURRANT | Shrub, Ribes rubrum, having small edible berries (10) |
| GOOSEBERRIES | Flowering shrub of the genus Ribes the fruit of which is often used to make preserves (12) |
| MYRTLE | Evergreen shrub with blue-black berries (6) |
| ELDER | Shrub or small tree with scented white flowers and black berries (5) |
| RUGOSE | Wrinkled, like the black trapdoor spider Idiosoma nigrum (6) |
| CURRANT | Any of several garden ribes bearing strigs of small tart black, red or white edible berries; or, each of a multitude of raisin-like dried grapes used to flavour buns, garibaldis, puddings, rock cakes, |
| LAUREL | see 12ac, Low-growing evergreen shrub with black berries found in limestone areas of open woodland |
| SPURGE | Low-growing evergreen shrub with black berries found in limestone areas of open woodland (6,6) |
| COTONEASTER | Shrub with small ornamental white or pinkish flowers and red or black berries (11) |
| ELDERS | Bushes or small trees with black berries (6) |
| PRIVET | Hedging plant with black berries (6) |
| BLACKPEPPER | Dried unripe berries of the flowering vine Piper nigrum, ground as a condiment (5,6) |
| 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) |
| CURRANTBUSH | A ribes shrub, perhaps (7,4) |
