| POPPYCOCK | 1 across - or a flower and a bird (9) |
| NEST | Where 38-Across lay 1-Across ... or a word hidden in 20-, 27-, 44- and 51-Across |
| HUMBUG | 1 across - or a hard lolly (6) |
| VIOLA | A flower and a stringed instrument |
| FUCHSIA | A flower and a fish somehow containing universal constant (7) |
| FRATERNAL | Father and a bird most of all related (9) |
| MOSCHATEL | Small plant with pale-green flowers and a musky smell (9) |
| LOCKSTOCK | A piece of hair, some flowers and a cask of wine - is that everything? - Yes! (4,5,3,6) |
| IRIS | A species of crystal, also called rainbow quartz; a messenger goddess whose sign was a rainbow; something prismatic, like said arc-en-ciel; or, a flower with purple or yellow petals known as falls, ru |
| HARPY | In Greek myths, a ravenous creature with a woman's head and trunk and a bird's wings and claws (5) |
| COTONEASTER | Bed with a single flower and a shrub |
| PINK | The call of a chaffinch; a colour of rose wine; a fox-hunter's scarlet jacket; or, a flower related to sweet William (4) |
| KNOT | Bird whose Latin name Calidris canutus recalls the story of King Canute and the tide; or, a flower bed design inspired by Renaissance embroideries and tapestries (4) |
| DUSTBATH | A bird's act of rolling in sand or a flower bed as a preening ritual (4-4) |
| LARKSPUR | Hear songbirds make a noise like a cat or a flower (8) |
| HARPIES | Monsters in Greek mythology with a woman's head and body and a bird's wings and claws (7) |
| FALX | Pruning-hook, scythe - and a bird-scarer for Priapus (Tib. 1.1.18) |
| ABRIDGE | A way to cross a flower and prune? |
| TAFFETA | In Wales a flower and in France a fabric |
| FLEUR | French word for flower, and a girl's name (5) |
