| GREENS | What lettuce and spinach are |
| BOLT | Run prematurely to seed as lettuce and spinach are prone to do (4) |
| LEAFY | Like lettuce and spinach |
| WILT | What lettuce will do, eventually |
| CRUNCH | What lettuce lends to a sandwich |
| CANNELLONI | From "pipe, reed, stem" and with a similar name to a white haricot bean, a variety of tubular pasta; or, a dish of said rolls stuffed with minced beef and cheese or ricotta and spinach (10) |
| VEGETABLES | Lettuce, celery, peas and spinach |
| CHARD | Neon Lights, Orange Fantasia, Magenta Sunset, Flamingo Pink, Rainbow... leafy vegetable related to beets and mangelwurzel, often sauteed with kale and spinach (5) |
| PINENUTS | Fruit of a coniferous tree, a staple of Mallorca kitchens and used in island dishes such as lomo con col, cocarrois and spinach a la catalana (4,4) |
| IRON | Essential mineral found in beef and spinach |
| SPANAKOPITA | Greek filo, feta and spinach pie (11) |
| VEGETABLEGARDEN | Where to grow carrots and spinach |
| FARSI | Source of the words "pajama" and "spinach" |
| ALOO | ___ palak: dish of potatoes and spinach |
| SAG | ___ aloo, potato and spinach dish (3) |
| SAAG | ___ aloo (potato-and-spinach dish) |
| QUINOA | Gluten-free seeds of a plant related to amaranth and spinach, revered by the ancient Incas (6) |
| WASHBASIN | Clean most of the herb and spinach in the centre of sink (9) |
| SPANOKOPITA | Small skillet with fine egg, flatbread and spinach pie (11) |
| SALAD | Little Sally took notice and provided lettuce and tomatoes |