| ESCAROLE | Usual North American name for the salad plant Cichorium endivia, also known as Batavian endive (8) |
| ARUGULA | American name for the salad plant rocket (7) |
| ENDIVE | Plant, Cichorium endivia, whose crisp curly leaves are used in salads (6) |
| OAKLEAF | One of the salad plants served in mesclun; or, part of a Quercus tree said to be good luck if caught falling before it hits the ground (3,4) |
| HOLSTEIN | Usual North American name for the black-and-white dairy cattle breed known in the UK as Friesians (8) |
| GARBANZO | Usual North American name for the chickpea, from Spanish (8) |
| EGGPLANT | Usual North American name for the aubergine (8) |
| ZUCCHINI | Usual North American name for courgette; from Italian, ' little gourd' (8) |
| CILANTRO | Usual North American name for coriander, from Spanish (8) |
| CHECKERS | North American name for the game of draughts (8) |
| ENGLISHHORN | Usual North American name for the cor anglais, of the woodwind family (7,4) |
| CHEQUERS | American name for the game of draughts (8) |
| RUTABAGA | North American name for round yellow-fleshed root vegetable the swede (8) |
| CARIBOU | Usual North American name for the reindeer; from Canadian French, 'snow-shoveller' (7) |
| TOMATOES | Ta to some, oddly, for the salad ingredients (8) |
| DRESSING | Putting on clothes to find a sauce for the salad (8) |
| STEER | Usual North American name for a young castrated bull, especially one raised for beef (5) |
| PACIFIER | North American name for a baby's soother. (8) |
| COVERALL | North American name for a boiler suit (8) |
| LOON | The North American name for the type of bird known in the UK as a diver (4) |
