| CLEAVERS | Known as goosegrass, stickybud and robinrun-the-hedge, a scrambling plant with seeds and stems often clinging to clothes and dogs' coats (8) |
| GOOSEGRASS | Scrambling plant with hooked bristles (5-5) |
| ANGELICA | Aromatic plant whose seeds and stems are used as a flavouring and in decorating cakes (8) |
| ARCHANGEL | A divine messenger of the highest order, or one ranking eighth in the celestial hierarchy; a name of a herb with aromatic hollow stems, often candied for cakes or puddings; a breed of fancy pigeon; or |
| FENNEL | Aromatic herb with edible seeds and stems (6) |
| FIGS | Soft pear-shaped false fruits from trees of the mulberry family that are packed with seeds and often eaten dried (4) |
| PASSATA | Strained tomato sauce with seeds and skin removed (7) |
| VETCH | Screen by clubhouse for scrambling plant (5) |
| HERON | Known collectively as a sedge or a hedge, a wading bird related to the little egret, spoonbill and bittern (5) |
| FUMITORY | From the Latin meaning "smoke of the earth", arable plant with seeds eaten by the turtle dove with those of the scarlet pimpernel, clover, birdsfoot trefoil and chickweed (8) |
| LANE | A streak of dust and gas in a spiral galaxy; a narrow country road between hedges; a passage through a crowd; or, a division of a track or pool for one runner or swimmer (4) |
| PEA | A hardy climbing plant with seeds growing in pods and used for food |
| SESAME | E. Indian herbaceous plant with seeds used as food and yielding an edible oil |
| LOVAGE | Tall perennial plant with seeds that can be used as a spice (6) |
| COLA | Genus of plant with seeds or "nuts" used to flavour a fizzy brown soft drink of the same name (4) |
| BOUGHPOT | Old word for a bouquet, bunch, posy or tussie mussie of flowers and foliage; or, the vessel in which to display said branches, sprays and stems (8) |
| CURARE | Resin obtained from the bark and stems of certain South American plants used as an arrow poison (6) |
| GREENS | The edible leaves and stems of certan plants eaten as vegetables (6) |
| TEASEL | Make fun of, initially, little plant with prickly foliage and stems in Dipsacus genus (6) |
| OBSTACLE | Fence, rails, oxer, hedge ... a jump forming part of a cross-country course, such as any one of those designed by Captain Mark Phillips, for example (8) |
