| SPRINGGREENS | Vegetable of the cabbage family in which the central leaves form a very loose head or no head at all (6,6) |
| MENAGE | Family in which the females stay young, presumably |
| PROP | Rugby player who may be loose-head or tight-head (4) |
| PRIG | Self-righteous one has a very loose grip! (4) |
| URNPLANT | An Aechmea bromeliad whose leaves form a 'vase' to hold rainwater (3,5) |
| ROCKETSCIENCE | Agricultural study of one of those in the cabbage family - in a funny way, it's not complicated (6,7) |
| BRAVADO | Showing off stout with no head at a party (7) |
| WRAPPEDUP | Bearing ice-cold drink with no head at party in snug (7,2) |
| MULBERRY | Tree whose leaves form the principal diet of silkworms |
| EUCALYPTUS | Tree whose leaves form the majority of koala bears' diet (10) |
| CASTLE | From the Latin for "little fort", a structure or complex of buildings fortified against attack, of which the central donjon or keep in the Middle Ages was its most essential part (6) |
| RADISH | Root vegetable of the cabbage family eaten raw in salads (6) |
| CYME | More or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first. |
| BROCCOLI | Green vegetable of the cabbage family (8) |
| CRUCIFER | Any of various plants of the cabbage family with four petals arranged in a cross (8) |
| CANASTA | Meaning "basket" in Spanish", a meldforming card game in the rummy family in which jokers and deuces are wild (7) |
| BRUSSELSSPROUTS | Vegetables of the cabbage family (8,7) |
| ROCKET | A plant of the cabbage family whose leaves are used in salads (6) |
| RAPESEEDOIL | Viscus product of Brassica napus, a bright-yellow flowering member of the cabbage family (8,3) |
| WOAD | Flowering plant (Isatis tinctoria) of the cabbage family, and the blue dye produced from its leaves (4) |