| TETE | French head, as in the Narcissus '___-a-___' (4) |
| NOD | Bow the head, as in greeting |
| LOBBED | Struck high over an opponent's head, as in tennis (6) |
| STEP | Garden stair, as in the narcissus variety '___ Child' (4) |
| BARN | Farm building, as in the narcissus variety 'Pipers ___' and Primula 'Hall ___ Blue' (4) |
| RING | Round piece of (often precious) metal, as in the Narcissus bulbocodium 'Diamond ___' (4) |
| SUMO | Form of Japanese wrestling, as in the variety of Primula auricula, and Narcissus '___ Jewel' (4) |
| KILN | Oven for firing pottery, as in Narcissus '___down' (4) |
| IDOL | The narcissus cultivar is a representation someone revered! (4) |
| SCAPES | Stalks of solitary flowers as in the Narcissus |
| ODDS | P_O_A_I_I_Y? (4) |
| HAVE | 'I ___ a ___', famous 1963 Martin Luther King speech (4,5) |
| RKGK | _a_u_a_i (Japanese street art) |
| ONCE | '___ a ___', traditional story opening (4) |
| UPON | '___ a ___', traditional story opening (4) |
| TIME | '___ a ___', traditional story opening (4) |
| MANO | ___ a ___, hand to hand (4) |
| URGE | Apt letters missing from "enco___a___" |
| DAFFODIL | Plant in the Narcissus genus with a striking yellow trumpet (8) |
| LAYINWAIT | Prepared to attack in hoard with central character in The Nigger of the Narcissus (3,2,4) |
