| FAVA | ___ bean (Old World plant) |
| CHAP | A pig's cheek; or, from "buyer, customer, pedlar", a word for a boy, fellow or ordinary man; or, endearingly, a mucker, old bean, old fruit etc (4) |
| ARUM | Old World plant with showy, spade-shaped leaves |
| ANCHUSA | Old World plant of the borage family (7) |
| ASTILBE | Old World plant of the saxifrage family (7) |
| MELILOT | Old World plant also called sweet clover (7) |
| SCILLA | Old World plant |
| RUPTUREWORT | Old World plant of the pink family once thought to be a cure for hernias (11) |
| SKIRRET | Umbelliferous Old World plant, Sium sisarum, cultivated for its edible tuberous roots (7) |
| FALSEGROMWELL | North American herb with hairy foliage, resembling an Old World plant |
| CYCLAMEN | Old World plant with nodding white, pink or red flowers and reflexed petals (8) |
| OKRA | Immature seed pods of the malvaceous Old World plant Hibiscus esculentus, eaten as a vegetable (4) |
| SAFFRON | Old world plant whose dried stigmas are used to flavour food |
| OXTONGUE | Old World plant of the daisy family with clusters of yellow dandelion-like flowers (2,6) |
| TARRAGON | Which Old World plant has aromatic leaves, used for flavouring (8) |
| GAMAGRASS | New World plant belonging to the genus Tripsacum (9) |
| POLE | __ bean (plant that grows upright on supports) |
| SNAP | __ bean (string bean, by another name) |
| RUNNER | ___ bean, climbing plant (6) |
| LIMA | ___ bean (vegetable also known as a butter bean) |