NY Times Crossword
September 1, 1999
Alan Arbesfeld

Each clue below contains the name of a vegetable. Wordplay is fair play.

1. Repair a veggie
2. Veggie left over after a fire
3. Veggie minister's direction
4. Omit a veggie
5. Detached veggie's comment

Answers:

1. Fix a leek
2. Chard remains
3. "Lettuce pray" 
4. Skip a beet
5. "I don't carrot all."