Related Clues:

• Picnic side
• Ear of maize
• Maize eaten as a vegetable
• Maize with ear still intact
• Picnic piece
• Thickening of skin affecting horse, produced by maize
• Dicky Connor gets article from Pen's companion - it needs to be buttered up, for starters!
• Connector hob (anag) — cooked ears?