| EVOOS | Cooking staples as referred to by celebrity chef Rachael Ray |
| YUMO | Celeb chef Rachael Ray's reaction to delish food! |
| RAY | Celebrity chef Rachael |
| RHUBARB | Pick the tart-tasting stems of this plot staple as they ripen (7) |
| ABOVEMENTIONED | Naive men bend to conform as referred to earlier (5-9) |
| EMEND | As referred to initially, Minnesota Democrat's correct (5) |
| VICIOUS | Deliberately damaging, as referred to the thorns and prickles of many plants (7) |
| KITCHEN | Hell's ___ reality TV series that is hosted by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay |
| ALIVEANDCOOKING | UK food series hosted by celebrity chef James Reeson (5,3,7) |
| STARCH | Stiffener produced by celebrity chef? Not half! (6) |
| EVOO | Cooking staple, to Rachael Ray |
| CALLEDROUND | Having been referred to by as "plump," went to see (6,5) |
| QUESTINGRAY | Chef Rachael in pursuit of a legendary recipe? |
| RAYFORRAIN | ... Chef Rachael in favor of showers, sources say |
| NITROGEN | Referred to by Antoine Lavoisier as azote, chemical element, atomic number 7 that is essential to life (8) |
| MOLE | Creature referred to by Jacobites as the little gentleman in the velvet coat (4) |
| ODIE | Dog once referred to by Garfield as a slobbering atrocity |
| DONKEY | Smallest member of the horse family, once referred to by William Thackeray as a "cardophagus" (6) |
| CORNFIELD | The -; referred to by its creator John Constable as The Drinking Boy, a pastoral landscape painting with a depiction of a lad, sheep and collie (9) |
| JONGKIND | Dutch Impressionist who specialised in beach scenes and seascapes, referred to by Monet as his true teacher/master (8) |
