| NECTARY | Any of the various glandular structures secreting nectar (7) |
| CYPRESS | Common name for any of the various conifers in the cupressus genus (7) |
| LACQUER | Name one of the various resinous varnishes (7) |
| CRESS | Any of the various plants of the mustard family |
| POSE | Posture assumed in order to be painted or photographed; any of the various yogic asanas; or, the right to begin the game in dominoes (4) |
| PASS | A thrust in fencing; a route through mountains such as any of the various ones through the Hindu Kus |
| GNAT | Any of the various unrelated small two-winged insects some of which can sting or bite |
| AGAR | Gelatinous substance obtained from any of the various kinds of red seaweed and used in food |
| REED | Any of the various tall, slender grasses |
| MARTIN | Any of the various swallows |
| IGUANA | Any of the various large lizards |
| ADDER | Any of the various small venomous snake |
| BRITTEN | Whose 1945 composition The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra shows off the various instruments and sections of the orchestra? (8,7) |
| LINDSEY | __ Butterfield, doctor who tries to cope with the various injuries and illnesses suffered by the people of Hollyoaks (7) |
| THREADS | The connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together. (7) |
| ASPECTS | Observe a pass etc. and the various ways of looking at them (7) |
| DISPUTE | The argument does back up the various diets around (7) |
| MANGOES | Go through the various names of fruit (7) |
| PLATE | Term used to differentiate each of the various generations of the Hillman Minx (5) |
| QUIVERS | From "brisk, nimble", a word for tremulous shakes or shudders; cases for holding archers' potentially fast-flying arrows; or, surfers' collections of boards, for the various waves (7) |
