| WHITEBAIT | The young of herrings or sprats, cooked and eaten whole (9) |
| OARFISH | Elongated marine fish such as the king of herrings or giant ? |
| BRIT | Young herring or sprat (4) |
| EATER | Horner or Sprat |
| BRITT | Young of herring |
| ASPARAGUS | Genus of Eurasian plants that includes ... officinalis, whose young shoots are cooked and eaten (9) |
| FLAGEOLET | The pale-green immature seed of a haricot bean, cooked and eaten as a vegetable (9) |
| DRUMSTICK | Lower part of a bird's leg that is cooked and eaten (9) |
| MANGETOUT | A type of pea cooked and eaten together with its pod (9) |
| AUBERGINE | Fruit cooked and eaten as a vegetable |
| ROASTBEEF | As for beet, it's cooked and eaten |
| PEAS | Grown on sticks in gardens, potagers or allotments in summer, pod vegetables for shelling or eaten whole as mangetout/sugarsnap when young (4) |
| SOLDIER | Strip of bread-and-butter or toast; the ribwort plantain used in a child's game; a red herring; or, a private (7) |
| LENTILS | The edible brownish seeds of a leguminous plant, cooked and eaten as a vegetable (7) |
| SHOAL | Sandbank or reef visible at low tide; or, an aggregation of herrings, pilchards, sardines or other fish swimming together (5) |
| ARMY | Collective noun for frogs, ants, caterpillars, herrings or soldiers (4) |
| ALMOND | Nut eaten whole, ground, or as a paste |
| SNOW | Type of pea eaten whole in its pod (4) |
| 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) |
| PLOTDEVICE | Red herring or love triangle ... or handshovel, hidden wire or protractor? |
