| GREECE | Country from whose ancient mythology the names for daphne, anemone and other plants derive (6) |
| VIOLET | Growing in Cornish quillets or wildly among wood anemone and lily of the valley, February's birth flower and one of the earliest native plants to bloom (6) |
| KELP | Growing in underwater forests and absorbing carbon, a seaweed whose holdfast provides a habitat for seahorses, sea stars, jellyfish, anemones and other marine life (4) |
| LAUREL | Common name for Daphne laureola (6,6) |
| SPURGE | Common name for Daphne laureola (6,6) |
| BOURN | 'The undiscovered country from whose ___/ No traveller returns' (Shakespeare Hamlet (1601) |
| MEZEREON | Fragrant spring bloomer, another name for daphne (8) |
| SEA | Word before anemone and urchin |
| HYPERBOREA | In ancient Greek mythology, the name of this place (and its inhabitants) refers to Boreas, the north wind, and their home was placed in a paradisal region in the far north, "beyond the north wind." (1 |
| IPHIANASSA | In Greek mythology, the name of one of the 50 daughters of Nereus and Doris (10) |
| ASUS | Taiwanese electronics company, named after the winged horse Pegasus in Greek mythology. The name was modified to get a high position in alphabetic listings. |
| UMBELS | Sunshade-like inflorescences characteristic of angelica, chervil, cicely, dill, fennel, parsnip and other plants in the parsley family (6) |
| DORSET | County whose ancient ruins of Corfe Castle were Enid Blyton's inspiration for Kirrin Island (6) |
| SHELTA | One of the names for the language spoken by Irish travellers. (6) |
| MOSSES | Plants with small leaves and no woody stem that attach to other plants and rocks by rhizoids (6) |
| FOREST | Area of large trees and other plants (6) |
| LATONA | Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology. |
| ONETWO | One of the names for the rapidly delivered jab-cross in boxing (3-3) |
| AEOLUS | God of the winds in ancient mythology (6) |
| SELENE | (Greek mythology) Goddess of the moon in ancient mythology. |
