| STAUNCH | Acanthus hasn't a twisted stem (7) |
| STAMEN | Part of flower's twisted stem pierced by a needle's point (6) |
| SCREWPINE | Common name of pandanus, from its twisted stem (5,4) |
| PATTERN | Repeated design for textiles/wallpaper such as William Morris's "Acanthus" or Colefax and Fowler's "Alderney"; or, a set of dressmaker's paper templates (7) |
| OREGANO | No-go area hasn't a twining aromatic plant (7) |
| PALETTE | Whitish gallery hasn't a range of colours (7) |
| NOHOPER | Spy heading off round Hungary - he hasn't a chance |
| BEAR | Creature whose breeches are a synonym for Acanthus mollis (4) |
| ASHEN | Pale layer on borders of acanthus |
| BRANKURSINE | An acanthus, also known as bear's-breech (11) |
| CORINTHIAN | Order of acanthus capitals for an amateur sportsman (10) |
| BREECHES | 'Bears ___', common name of acanthus (8) |
| LEAVES | Sets off with acanthus style examples of engraving (6) |
| BEARSBREECHES | Common name for Acanthus... Bruin's trousers (5,8) |
| BEARS | - - - - - breeches, popular name of architectural Acanthus mollis (5) |
| MORRIS | Leading figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement whose wallpaper designs include Acanthus, Bird & Pomegranate, Strawberry Thief and Willow (6) |
| ROCOCO | Classical design style of the Baroque movement with signature motifs including acanthus leaves, shells, bouquets and scrollwork (6) |
| MOTIFS | Recurring decorative designs in architecture - acanthus leaves, anthemia, festoons, swags, rosettes, palmettes, for example (6) |
| ORNAMENT | Decorative element in architecture such as an acanthus leaf, cartouche, festoon or scroll (8) |
| CANDIDATE | Frank had a meal, but hasn't a seat yet |
