| ANTHEMION | From the Greek for "flower", a floral design or ornament in classical architecture, typically alternating motifs resembling honeysuckle petals, lotus leaves and palmettes (9) |
| FOLIAGE | From the Old French meaning "leaf", a word for frondescence; greenery used for decoration or floral design; or, a depiction of plant forms in architecture or art (7) |
| TWIST | A cotton or silk thread; a mixed drink; a spiral-shaped barley sugar, breadstick, sliver of lemon zest or ornament in a wineglass stem; a tangle; or, a bend in a road (5) |
| TREFOIL | A plant such as clover, named for its triple leaves; or, a three-lobed form or ornament in heraldry or tracery, resembling one said shamrock (7) |
| VAR | Clue abbr. for an altern. spelling |
| ITAL | Underlining altern. |
| TORES | A solid or surface in the form of a bagel or a ring doughnut; a tokamak; the receptacle of a flower such as a daisy; or, in classical architecture, a moulding above a column's plinth (5) |
| GUTTA | From the Latin for "drop", one of a series of pendent ornaments in the architrave of a Doric entablature; or, derived from the latex of a tropical plant, a "resist" used in silk painting |
| NICHE | In classical architecture, a recess in a wall for a statue, often with a semicircular apex with fluting in the form of a scallop shell (5) |
| JEWELLER | Term, linked to the Latin for "joy, jest" via a word for a precious stone or ornament, for a bijoutier, gemmologist, goldsmith or lapidary (8) |
| ABACUS | Frame for counting; or, in classical architecture, a slab on the capital of a column supporting the architrave (6) |
| TATTY | From Scots for "matted, shaggy, tangled", a word used to mean shabby, tawdry, threadbare or worn-out; cheap or of poor quality; or, fussy, as in clothes or ornament (5) |
| BROOCH | Name a clasp or ornament for pinning on a dress, or the like (6) |
| RONDELS | The circular parts or ornaments in jewellery (7) |
| ENTABLATURE | In classical architecture, the part of a temple above the columns, comprising the architrave, frieze and cornice (11) |
| CARYATID | A female figure used instead of a column to support the top of a building in classical architecture (8) |
| SUNBURST | A sudden emergence of "Sol" from behind the clouds; or, a brooch, jewel, motif or ornament resembling said "daystar" and its rays (8) |
| CRETONNE | Heavy cotton fabric typically printed with a floral design |
| FESTOON | In classical architecture, a carved representation of a garland of flowers, fruit, foliage and ribbons suspended in loops, known as a swag when depicting fabric (7) |
| METOPE | In classical architecture, a square space between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze (6) |
