| ESPARTO | Grass which yields a fibre used to make mats (7) |
| RAFFIA | Madagascan palm tree, the leafstalks of which yield a fibre used for weaving (6) |
| ANNATTO | The "Lipstick Tree" which yields a yellowish-red dye from its pulp. (7) |
| COCONUT | An edible fruit whose dry husk yields coir, a fibre used in making ropes, mats etc. (7) |
| FISHEYE | Photographic lens of small focal length which yields a circular image (4-3) |
| SUNN | Leguminous plant of the East Indies whose inner bark yields a fibre used in making rope and sacking (4) |
| SISAL | Mexican agave plant whose leaves yield a fibre used for making rope (5) |
| MANILA | Capital of the Philippines; or, linked with "hemp" for a fibre used to make tea-bag paper and brown envelopes (6) |
| COTTON | Radio and television presenter who wrote Happy and Calm; or, a fibre used to make Liberty Tana Lawn fabric (6) |
| ELEMI | Tree native to the Philippines which yields a resin used as a herbal medicine |
| TINT | Helping to make mat in this shade of colour (4) |
| BALSA | Rainforest tree which yields a lightweight wood, used to make Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki raft in 1947 (5) |
| ARROWROOT | White-flowered West Indian plant which yields a starch used as a thickener for food (9) |
| RAMIE | A woody Asian shrub with broad leaves, the stem of which yields a flax-like fibre (5) |
| GUTTA | ___ percha, tropical tree which yields a whitish rubbery substance used in dentistry (5) |
| CHEERY | The revolutionary has a mix of grass which makes him happy (6) |
| RICE | Swamp grass which is widely cultivated as a food staple (4) |
| WHEAT | Cereal grass which William Farrer helped to establish in Aust. |
| GUAR | Drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material. |
| TEAK | Large tree of the East Indies which yields a hard resinous wood (4) |
