| OKRA | This green, chili-pepper shaped pod veggie (with an Igbo name) can be found in a bowl of 16A |
| SERRANO | A small hot green chili pepper (7) |
| OBI | Name that's an Igbo word meaning heart |
| ANISE | Plant that produces star-shaped pods (5) |
| SUGARPEA | Veggie with an edible pod |
| SNAPPEA | Salad veggie with an edible pod |
| POTATO | Veggie with an eye |
| BILL | First name of "The Science Guy" (his last name can be found in this puzzle) |
| CENA | John who plays a mercenary in "Peacemaker," and whose name can be found in "mercenary" |
| HERON | This green-backed bird of Japan tempts fish with bits of "bait" such as bread or feathers. They usually feed while wading quietly in the shallow waters of pools, marshes, and swamps, catching frogs, f |
| EGG | Something that's gone bad if it floats when placed in a bowl of a water |
| VINCI | Only part of artist's name can be found in provincial area (5) |
| BEAN | Small vegetable in a bowl of chili |
| FLOATER | Something buoyant in air/water; one of the muscae volitantes, or "fluttering flies", before one's retinas; a person who drifts from one thing to another; a blunder; or, an Australian meat pie, served |
| ELI | Biblical priest whose name can be found in "belief" |
| SIA | Pop singer whose name can be found in the word "enthusiastic" |
| LSD | Drug whose name can be found in "spells danger" |
| SEAL | Sea-lion relative whose name can be found in "sea lion" |
| ARP | Dadaist whose name can be found in "stellar painter" |
| OMARR | Late astrologer Sydney whose name can be found in the phrase "Virgo, marry me!" |
