| JOHNLENNON | "Love is the flower you've got to let grow." source |
| CUT | Not let grow |
| TRIM | Not let grow |
| EAR | Lt Cable's bitter plea for tolerance in South Pacific, "You've got to be taught to hate and fear; You've got to be taught from year to year; It's got to be drummed in your dear little ...; You've got |
| LEI | What is the flower chain given to visitors to Hawaii upon arrival? (3) |
| LILYTOMLIN | "If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?" source |
| WALL | Cheiranthus is the flower for this type of garden structure! (4) |
| BLOSSOM | What is the flower of a plant (7) |
| ROSEMARY | Fragrant shrub that is the flower of remembrance (8) |
| HOSTINGSTING | Having the singer of "Love Is the Seventh Wave" over to your house? (2 wds.) |
| ONESELF | Oscar Wilde quote, 'To love ... is the beginning of a lifelong romance' |
| WEDLOCK | To which love is the key? (7) |
| ELIMINATE | You've got to ___ the negative, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the positive: 1944 song by Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers (9) |
| MAGNUM | Dirty Harry asked, "But being as this is a .44 ..., the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk |
| ROXYMUSIC | Bryan Ferry's band, who performed the 1975 single Love Is the Drug (4,5) |
| OUTLAW | "Love is the ultimate -. It just won't adhere to any rules": Tom Robbins (6) |
| VOICE | What's gripping about love is the sound (5) |
| DRUG | Roxy Music hit single released in 1975, Love is the ---- (4) |
| VIEWHALLOO | Regard greeting with love is the hunter's cry (4,6) |
| SOFIA | "Love Is the Name" singer Carson |
