| BAYLEAF | What aromatic dried part of the European laurel is used in cooking? (3,4) |
| TEALEAF | Dried part of the shrub Camellia sinensis, used to make a beverage (3,4) |
| FRENCHGUIANA | Part of the European Union in South America, once home to a penal colony (6,6) |
| OPEL | German car marque that's now part of the European arm of General Motors |
| KARA | River forming part of the European-Asian border |
| BAYTREE | European laurel (3,4) |
| BAY | Prolonged bark from European laurel tree |
| CLOVES | Aromatic dried flower buds crushed as one of the ingredients in mixed spice or French equivalent quatre epices; or, the segments forming a bulb of garlic (6) |
| LOOFAHS | Dried part of a plant used as washing sponges (7) |
| LOOFAH | Dried part of plant used as a bath sponge (6) |
| DILL | What aromatic herb of the parsley family is used for flavouring pickles and sauces? (4) |
| CARDAMOM | What aromatic seeds of a plant of the ginger family are used as a spice and medicinally? (8) |
| SODA | Sodium bicarbonate is used in cooking as baking what? (4) |
| GARLIC | Widely cultivated Asian plant whose bulb, made up of cloves, is used in cooking |
| SUET | What hard white fat from around animal kidneys is used in cooking? (4) |
| CAMPHOR | What aromatic Asian wood is used for making chests? (7) |
| CHILLI | Small red or green pepper whose pungent pod is used in cooking (6) |
| VEGETABLEOIL | A viscous liquid obtained from plants that is used in cooking (9,3) |
| CARAWAY | Eurasian plant, Carum carvi, whose one-seeded fruit is used in cooking (7) |
| THYME | What aromatic herb was burnt in Greek temples? (5) |
