| MOUSSAKA | Greek dish with aubergines (8) |
| AUBERGINEPARMIGIANA | Italian dish with aubergine and cheese (9,10) |
| MOUYSAKA | Greek dish with layers of meat and aubergine (8) |
| PLATO | Old Greek dish with nothing for a note |
| RATATOUILLE | French vegetable casserole made with aubergines and peppers (11) |
| TAHINI | Oily paste made from crushed sesame seeds, pureed with aubergines to make the appetiser baba ghanoush (6) |
| TOMATO | Fruit in the nightshade family with aubergines, potatoes, peppers and chillies (6) |
| EGGPLANTS | Encourage some herbs to grow along with aubergines (3,6) |
| CAPONATA | Sweet and sour Sicilian vegetable dish of aubergines, tomatoes, raisins, capers, flatleaf parsley, pine nuts etc (8) |
| KLEFTIKO | Greek dish of lamb marinated with lemon juice and herbs slow-cooked in a sealed vessel (8) |
| SOUVLAKI | Greek dish of lamb grilled on a skewer (8) |
| TZATZIKI | Greek dish of yogurt with cucumber and garlic |
| HALLOUMI | Greek dish of fried goat's cheese (8) |
| KEFTEDES | Newspaper boss comes in to try uplifting Greek dish (8) |
| MEATBALL | Such as is found in the Greek dish keftedes |
| VINELEAF | Foodstuff used as a wrapping in the Greek dish of dolmades (4-4) |
| IMAMBAYILDI | Turkish dish of aubergines stuffed with garlic, onions and tomatoes, apparently named after a prayer leader |
| IMAM | From "leader", a mosque's prayer guide, with a legendary example said to have fainted, swooned or "bayildi" from either delight or the cost of a flavourful dish of stuffed baked aubergines (4) |
| TUMBET | Mallorcan vegetable dish which includes aubergines and potatoes (6) |
| SALAMI | Seasoned sausage with starters of stuffed aubergines lures friend in Paris (6) |
