| VEG | Broccoli or spinach, for short |
| SAG | Word, similar to an Indian term for palak or spinach, for a droop (3) |
| LEAVES | Doesn't eat spinach for example |
| POPEYE | Cartoon character who eats spinach for strength (6) |
| VEGETABLE | Spinach broccoli or carrot |
| GREENS | Leafy vegetables such as kale or spinach with wild or foraged varieties including winter cress, wood sorrel, sea purslane, dandelion, ramsons, nettle, chickweed and salad burnet (6) |
| LEAFIEST | Most like lettuce or spinach |
| LEAFY | Like collard greens or spinach |
| GREENVEGETABLE | Lettuce or spinach cultivated in a golf putting area? |
| IRON | Mineral found in meat or spinach |
| LASAGNE | Way to incorporate spinach for some people when cooking pasta dish (7) |
| CAULIFLOWER | Vegetable that's related to broccoli, or the kind of ear a boxer or footballer may end up with after |
| FLORET | Diminutive bloom forming part of a composite flower; or, any one of the stems making up a head of broccoli or cauliflower (6) |
| SIDE | Broccoli or cauliflower, e.g. |
| VEGGIE | Broccoli or lettuce, informally |
| FLORETS | Parts of a head of broccoli or cauliflower (7) |
| SPEAR | Stem of asparagus, broccoli or grass (5) |
| BRASSICA | Vegetable such as the cabbage, broccoli or turnip (8) |
| SALAD | Dish that might have a base of lettuce or spinach |
| TORTELLI | Ravioli-like pasta dish typically made with ingredients such as ricotta, ceps, grated parmigiano, melted butter or spinach (8) |
