BERTHA DAMON, A SENSE OF HUMUS - [Radishes] are the one amateur crop to be relied on. ...[F]ew are eaten, except those first prompt miraculous test cases which the gardener wipes on the seat of his overalls and eats on the spot, with no condiment but grit.
| A. | Expert in the stuff of life | BIOCHEMIST |
| B. | Truffle by another name | EARTHNUT |
| C. | Like an old field newly planted | RESOWN |
| D. | Flower also known as the sea pink; credit union or savings and loan | THRIFT |
| E. | Clean with water, as a sidewalk (2 wds.) | HOSEDOWN |
| F. | Pests preyed on by ladybugs and lacewings | APHIDS |
| G. | Native, homegrown | DOMESTIC |
| H. | Characteristic property | ATTRIBUTE |
| I. | Edible flower rich in lutein | MARIGOLD |
| J. | Neither sunny nor rainy | OVERCAST |
| K. | Secretion attractive to pollinators | NECTAR |
| L. | What Yggdrasil was, in Norse mythology (2 wds.) | ASHTREE |
| M. | "Just say no" or "Just do it," e.g. | SLOGAN |
| N. | Add fertilizer to | ENRICH |
| O. | Side dish often flavored with rosemary (2 wds.) | NEWPOTATOES |
| P. | Bundle of barley or oats | SHEAF |
| Q. | Landed gentry's demesne | ESTATE |
| R. | Hybrid primrose | OXLIP |
| S. | Never seen before; just harvested | FRESH |
| T. | Roughly two and a half acres | HECTARE |
| U. | Still wearing a coat | UNPEELED |
| V. | Soup whose name comes from Italian for "kind of soup" | MINESTRONE |
| W. | Begin the process of transplanting | UPROOT |
| X. | Climbing plant with fragrant flowers (2 wds.) | SWEETPEA |