| TARIQ | __ Trotter (the Roots rapper) |
| DEL | Trotter, the leading one? (3) |
| HORSETHIEF | One who takes after Trotter, the western villain? (5,5) |
| BALSA | ___ trotter aka Pacemaker float (5) |
| RODNEY | _ Trotter, Only Fools and Horses character (6) |
| RADICALS | Rancid "Give 'em the boot, the roots, the ___" |
| GUM | The firm flesh around the roots of the teeth |
| ROSEMADDER | Pinkish pigment derived from the roots of a plant of the same name, used in the works of J. M. W. Turner (4,6) |
| TORSO | The roots are in the trunk! (5) |
| BANDS | Cleto and the Cletones and The Roots, e.g. |
| ASAFOETIDA | Brownish, bitter, resinous material obtained from the roots of some plants of the parsley family (10 |
| TRIPON | The forest tour is about to happen so don't come to grief on the roots (4,2) |
| COSTELLO | Elvis, singer/songwriter who made the 2013 album Wise Up Ghost with The Roots (8) |
| HERITAGE | The roots of one child's game wrapped up in the present (8) |
| ALVEOLI | Sockets or cavities in which the roots of the teeth are embedded. (7) |
| QUESTLOVE | Front man of the Roots who wrote the cookbook Mixtape Potluck |
| RUBYDEE | Actress in "Do the Right Thing" and the "Roots" miniseries |
| INULIN | Fructose polysaccharide found in the roots and tubers of chicory, Jerusalem artichoke etc, used medically to test the function of kidney (6) |
| RHIZOSPHERE | Region of the soil in contact with the roots of a plant |
| XYLEM | Vascular tissue in plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots (5) |
