| CHIVES | Herbs resembling miniature "Globemaster" alliums (6) |
| ORACH | Herb resembling spinach |
| CHERVIL | Umbelliferous herb resembling a dainty version of Italian parsley (7) |
| ONIONS | Spring -; cooked in quiches, fritattas, fish en papillote, colcannon and champ, vegetables resembling miniature leeks, seasonal in March (6) |
| ALLIUM | Latin or botanical name of the onion and its relatives including chives, garlic, leek, shallot and the flowers Globemaster and Purple Sensation (6) |
| CHERRY | Tree whose fleetingly beautiful sakura (blossom) is celebrated in the Japanese flower-viewing tradition hanami, before transforming into sour, tart or sweet cerise drupes or "bobs" resembling miniatur |
| ONION | Vegetable belonging to the Allium genus with shallots, leeks, chives, garlic and perennial flowers such as "Purple Sensation" or "Globemaster" (5) |
| SIDALCEA | Genus of plants resembling miniature hollyhocks - turns Alice sad (8) |
| TOYTOWN | Two-ton lorry ultimately somehow resembling miniature? |
| GARLIC | Asian plant, Allium sativum, whose stem bears white bulbils (6) |
| ONIONTHRIPS | Insect pests that affect alliums (5,6) |
| USAF | C-17 Globemaster letters, e.g. |
| AFB | Home of Globemaster IIIs |
| PURPLE | General colour of iris, buddleia verbena, allium or wisteria flowers (6) |
| LEEKS | Scallion-like alliums (5) |
| SHALLOTS | Plant batches of these small alliums every few weeks (8) |
| ALBUS | Dumbledore bee seen among alliums regularly |
| BULBS | Storage organs of various plants during dormancy such as alliums, bluebells, crocuses, grape hyacint |
| AGAPANTHUS | Also known as lily of the Nile, a herbaceous perennial in a subdivided family including amaryllis, daffodils, snowdrops and alliums (10) |
| KITCHENGARDEN | A herbary, kailyaird, potager or vegetable plot where seasonal alliums, beans, berries, brassicas, currants, peas, salad greens, root crops etc are cultivated for one's own cuisine, pot or table, rath |
