| CHOKE | Valve in a carburettor; or, the inedible mass at the centre of a thistle used as a vegetable (5) |
| CHEESE | Food loved by turophiles, aged by affineurs and sold in fromageries; or, the receptacle of a thistle-head (6) |
| GOVERNOR | A carburettor component for the head of state (8) |
| CHARD | A variety of beet, with large, succulent leaves and thick stalks, used as a vegetable (5) |
| SHELL | She gets £50 for just the inedible part! (5) |
| SWEDE | Matted weeds used as a vegetable (5) |
| ONION | Bulb used as a vegetable (5) |
| CHOKO | Bland-tasting green fruit used as a vegetable (5) |
| MOUSSE | Bubbly mass at the top of a coupe or flute of champagne; or, a marquise-like pudding (6) |
| CORED | Removed the inedible part from |
| PAINTEDLADY | Name, with an onus on multicolouredness, as if brushed or dipped in a palette of pigments, for a thistle butterfly, a tattooed woman, a scarlet "prairie-fire" American wildflower or a variegated gladi |
| MAPLE | Tree is full with the mass at its head |
| MATHS | Discipline mass at high school (5) |
| DIODE | Valve in an electrical circuit (5) |
| DUOMO | Two singers leading mass at old cathedral |
| CARDOON | A thistle-like plant related to the globe artichoke, with leaves used as a vegetable |
| THUNDERHEAD | Rounded projecting mass at the top of a cumulonimbus cloud, typically portending a storm (11) |
| OMENTUM | Force to reduce mass at the top, or is it in the stomach? (7) |
| SWISSCHARD | A variety of beet with large, succulent leaves and thick stalks, used as a vegetable (5,5) |
| ISLAND | Large land mass at the entrance to Hudson Bay. Canada that houses the settlement Coral Harbour (6) |
