| BETA | Second letter of the Greek alphabet or the beet genus (4) |
| CHI | 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet; or, the circulating life energy in Chinese philosophy also called qi (3) |
| LETTERS | Epistles; literature; symbols of the alphabet; or, the initials of a qualification such as a degree (7) |
| EPSILON | Fifth letter of the Greek alphabet; or, prefixed to "Carinae", the name of the star in Carina also called Avior (7) |
| DELTA | Fourth letter of the Greek alphabet or an airline |
| BETH | Second letter of the Phoenician alphabet (4) |
| BEHT | 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet (4) |
| IOTA | Picked up nine letters in Roman alphabet, or one in Greek (4) |
| ATOM | First half of alphabet, or very small part |
| RUNE | Letter in an ancient European alphabet, or Danish tennis star Holger ___ |
| VEE | Mark or object of the twenty-second letter of the alphabet (3) |
| HENS | The Beets "___ and Roosters" |
| BRAVO | Codeword representing the second letter of the alphabet, used in radio communication or to accurately spell a name over the phone (5) |
| CEE | What follows the second letter of the alphabet |
| BEE | Second letter of the alphabet |
| BA | 2nd letter of the Arabic alphabet (2) |
| OMEGA | One mark ending Greek alphabet (or beginning?) (5) |
| CHARD | Vegetable that's the same species as the mangel-wurzel and the beet |
| TURNIP | What did the vegetarian say at the club? A: "Lettuce ___ the beet" |
| MANGELWURZEL | Eurasian variety of the beet plant, Beta vulgaris, cultivated as a cattle food (12) |
