TAG Teaser 69 - Salad Days!

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Across
  1. 2. Cheddar, Brie, Stilton or Gorgonzola? Whichever, they are all "grate"(!) in a salad! (6)
  2. 4. This is a plant used for flavouring food, such as parsley, basil, dill, rosemary... or mint! (4)
  3. 5. Salad ?????, a dressing similar to 12-ACROSS! (5)
  4. 8. "Let us" eat - sounds like! This is, like 10-ACROSS, a leafy, green vegetable, and a vital part of any salad! (7)
  5. 10. This leafy vegetable is usually green (sometimes purple) and goes well in a salad! (7)
  6. 11. This is someone who does not eat either meat or dairy products - or use any animal products at all! (5)
  7. 12. This creamy dressing is yellowish-white, and goes very well with 9-DOWN (especially on a sandwich)! (10)
  8. 14. Chick???, mushy ??? or garden ???... all can go with a salad! (3)
  9. 15. This is a soft white substance made from mashed soya beans, used mainly in Asian and vegetarian cooking (4)
  10. 18. It's hard not to cry when you cut this vegetable - because it has many layers? But needs must to put it in the salad! (5)
Down
  1. 1. This word can either be white or black powder you put on your food, or very HOT green, red or yellow vegetables with LOTS of seeds inside! (6)
  2. 2. Bugs Bunny's favourite food? This long, orange vegetable certainly goes well in a salad! (6)
  3. 3. Little ??? Again, a type of 8-ACROSS. Jill's ???s is Ms Clark's weekly blog! (3)
  4. 5. This long, green 16-DOWN (NOT vegetable!) is frequently chopped into circles and put in a salad - like 12-ACROSS, it goes well with 9-DOWN on a sandwich! (8)
  5. 6. This is a round, red 16-DOWN (NOT vegetable!) which goes nicely chopped up in a salad! (6)
  6. 7. This rhymes with "gale" and is a hardy 10-ACROSS, though it doesn't have a head like normal 10-ACROSS does, and its stems are upright! (4)
  7. 9. This fish rhymes with "bhuna" and is great in a salad - although your either love it or hate it! (4)
  8. 13. Olive ??? not Popeye's girlfriend, but something to garnish your salad with! (3)
  9. 16. This is a very healthy food group including apples, bananas and pears... ????? salad is a popular dish! (5)
  10. 17. This is a type of 8-ACROSS - and also a short way of saying "because"!(3)