Vegetables!

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Across
  1. 4. Great in crumbles! (7)
  2. 7. thistle-like flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart (9)
  3. 9. Butternut or spaghetti (6)
  4. 11. Comprised of white florets (11)
  5. 12. leafy plant used in salads (7)
  6. 13. Dark green leafy vegetable(4)
  7. 15. eat with caution! (3,6)
  8. 17. stalks are often eaten raw (6)
Down
  1. 1. Pole or runner (5)
  2. 2. plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds (8)
  3. 3. Staple of hummus (8)
  4. 5. swollen red root(8)
  5. 6. Favourite of cartoon rabbit (6)
  6. 8. compact head of purplish-red leaves (3,7)
  7. 10. Yellow kernals (9)
  8. 14. egg-shaped and shiny (9)
  9. 16. Herb used in italian cooking (7)