| LEMONS | Fruits used in many of the world's cuisines in recipes including French madeleines, Italian gremolata, Greek avgolemono and English syllabub (6) |
| GUAVA | Tropical fruit used in many candies |
| MINE | A colliery such as the one depicted in many of the artworks by the Northumberland Pitmen Painters of the Ashington Group (4) |
| SMILEY | George ______ is the central character in many of the novels of the late John le Carre. (6) |
| TAKAMINE | Hideko who starred in many of the greatest films of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema |
| TOMATO | Known in Italian as a pomodoro, a fruit (botanically a berry) used in recipes including bruschetta and the sauce for aubergine parmigiana (6) |
| TREE | Cultivated by silviculturists and significant in many of the world's mythologies, a woody type of plant from which paper and pencils derive (4) |
| YOLKS | Yellow parts of hens' eggs, used in recipes including custard, mayonnaise and brioche (5) |
| CREAM | Used in many medieval recipes including custard, an unctuous dairy product that rises to the top of a bottle of standing milk (5) |
| IONA | Small island off the coast of Mull, depicted in many of the paintings by Scottish Colourist Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (4) |
| EMPRESS | - of Blandings; fictional pig in many of the stories by P. G. Wodehouse (7) |
| BERNHARDT | Actress nicknamed the Divine Sarah, depicted in many of the posters designed by Alphonse Mucha (9) |
| ISLAND | Kirrin -; imaginary place frequented by the Famous Five in many of the books by Enid Blyton (6) |
| GAELIC | Language spoken in many of the Western Isles of Scotland (6) |
| ROBIN | Beloved British ruddock whose inquisitive nature is captured in many of the illustrations of Beatrix Potter (5) |
| EGGWHITE | Used in recipes including pavlova, lemon meringue pie, Eton mess and souffle, another name for albumen (3,5) |
| ONION | Vegetable related to garlic, leeks and shallots, cooked in recipes including curries, bhajis, French soup and quiches (5) |
| CURRANTS | Small black raisins used in recipes including spotted dick, garibaldi biscuits, tea bread, Eccles cakes and Chelsea buns (8) |
| OATS | Cereal grains used in recipes including cranachan, haggis, bannocks and porridge (4) |
| RICOTTA | Variety of soft white Italian cheese used in a number of recipes including sage gnocchi, cannelloni, spinach rotolo and griddled courgettes with mint (7) |
