| PRIMROSE | Common name for Primula flowers. |
| OXLIP | Common name for Primula elatior, a species native to nutrient-poor and calcium-rich damp woods and meadows (5) |
| COWSLIP | Common name of the spring plant Primula veris (7) |
| OXLIPS | Flowers also known as primula elatior (6) |
| ELATIOR | Latin name meaning taller, as in Primula ___ (7) |
| EGYPT | Country, as in the polyanthus primula variety 'Little ___' (5) |
| AURICULA | Alpine primula known as bear's ear (8) |
| LASER | Intense light beam... in primula serration (5) |
| COW | This animal could slip on a Primula veris! (3) |
| SUMO | Form of Japanese wrestling, as in Primula auricula '___ ' (4) |
| AUTOBIANCHI | Maker of the Primula (11) |
| PRIMULACEAE | In taxonomy, the primula plant family (11) |
| PELARGONIUM | Flower ? primula gone wrong? |
| SUE | Primula '___ Jervis' is a pretty double-flowered primrose (3) |
| CYCLAMEN | Relative of the primula commonly called sow bread (8) |
| YUMMY | Delicious food, as in the variety of Primula auricula, and Narcissus '___ Mummy'! (5) |
| TOSCA | This Puccini opera is both a cultivar of Primula auricula and hippeastrum! (5) |
| TAR | Black, oily substance, derived from organic materials such as wood, peat or coal, as in the Primula auricula 'Smart ___' (3) |
| FRODO | Which Lord of the Rings character is the son of Drogo and Primula Baggins (nee Brandybuck)? (5) |
| IAGO | The standard-bearer in Shakespeare's Othello is also a cultivar of both Primula auricula and Hedychium yunnanense (4) |
