| FOLLICLE | It surrounds the root of a hair (8) |
| IRISHSEA | It surrounds the Isle of Man |
| GALANGAL | The pungent, aromatic root of a plant of the ginger family, dried and used as a seasoning and in medicine (8) |
| STEM | A branch of a family; a peduncle of a plant; or, the root of a word (4) |
| FILIFORM | Having the form of a hair |
| PILIFORM | Having the form of a hair |
| RADISHES | The pungent-tasting roots of a plant of the crucifer family, eaten raw in salads (8) |
| RUTABAGA | The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food. |
| MEMBRANE | It surrounds every living cell, delimiting the cell from the environment around it. |
| MONTREAL | City named for the hill it surrounds |
| HOLT | Den of an otter, typically a hole in a riverbank or the root of a tree (4) |
| ROSEMADDER | Pinkish pigment derived from the roots of a plant of the same name, used in the works of J. M. W. Turner (4,6) |
| RHIZOSPHERE | Region of the soil in contact with the roots of a plant |
| SWEDE | You might eat the root of a Brassica napobrassica. What is it? (5) |
| COUNT | Foreign nobleman, equal in rank to an earl; or, his title, which is the root of a term for a comital district or shire (5) |
| RATOON | Shoot from the root of a plant |
| MADDER | Red dye obtained from the root of a climbing plant (6) |
| GUMBOIL | An abscess at the root of a decayed tooth (7) |
| DYEJOB | What might get to the root of a problem? |
| MOAT | For an instant at the end it surrounds the castle (4) |
