| SOLDIER | Strip of bread-and-butter or toast; the ribwort plantain used in a child's game; a red herring; or, a private (7) |
| CHARLOTTE | A classic pudding of stewed apples or other seasonal fruit baked in a bread-and-butter or sponge cake casing; or, the forename of the Bronte sister who penned Jane Eyre (9) |
| ISPAGHULA | The dried seeds of an Asian plantain, used in the treatment of dysentery |
| RIPPLEGRASS | Alternative common name for the ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) (6,5) |
| FLEAWORT | Plantain used as a laxative |
| PLOTDEVICE | Red herring or love triangle ... or handshovel, hidden wire or protractor? |
| DECOY | Red herring or gutted dory, green in the middle |
| RAFTERS | Beams, having last of bread-and-butter pudding |
| PITAPAT | Rhythmic beating of bread and butter (3-1-3) |
| PEEKABOO | A child's game of hiding and suddenly reappearing; a description of a garment with revealing openwork or sheer fabric; or, a coif where a fringe conceals one eye (8) |
| BUTTERCUP | Yellow wild flower in the genus Ranunculus, held under the chin in a child's game (9) |
| ISPY | A child's game of hide-and-seek or, more commonly, of guessing a word from a given initial letter (1-3) |
| PASTRY | A dough consisting of flour, water and butter or lard; can be sweet or savoury (6) |
| SOLDIERS | Strips of bread or toast used for dipping into a soft-boiled egg (8) |
| MASH | Short name for potatoes blended with milk and butter; or, a novel by Richard Hooker based on the Korean War (4) |
| CARAMEL | A soft toffee made with sugar and butter or cream heated until brown in colour (7) |
| BUSS | An archaic or dialect word for a passionate kiss or loud playful smacker; or, a bluff-bowed Dutch boat for herring or mackerel fishing (4) |
| GEE | A command urging a horse forth, thus reduplicated in a child or a racegoer's name for such a steed (3) |
| HIDE | Participate in a child's game |
| SEEK | Participate in a child's game |
