| DOBRO | Legendary Spanish swordsman, and an award-winning variety of dahlia (5) |
| ZORRO | Legendary Spanish swordsman (5) |
| ORCZY | Novelist who wrote about an elusive, quick-thinking swordsman and escapeartist in The Scarlet Pimpernel (5) |
| POMPOM | Variety of dahlia |
| OSPREY | Bird of prey, and an award-winning variety of penstemon (6) |
| TAURUS | Star sign, and an award winning variety of rhododendron (6) |
| WOMBAT | Burrowing Australian marsupial, and an award-winning variety of rhododendron (6) |
| MISSMUFFET | Nursery rhyme character, and an award-winning variety of Lavandula augustifolia (4,6) |
| EROICA | Beethoven's 3rd Symphony, and an award-winning variety of bergenia (6) |
| OMEGA | Award-winning variety of Phlox maculata, and last letter of the Greek alphabet (5) |
| SQUAW | Award-winning variety of monarda, and a brave wife? (5) |
| DAWNCHORUS | Early-morning birdsong and an award-winning variety of hybrid tea rose (4,6) |
| EARLE | 'Mrs C. W. ___', award-winning variety of helianthemum (5) |
| EASON | 'C. D. ___', award-winning variety of Erica cinerea (5) |
| CANDY | '___ Floss', award-winning variety of lavatera (5) |
| INGOT | 'Golden ___', award-winning variety of Hedera helix (5) |
| CLEAR | Hemerocallis cultivar 'Let Me Be ___', and the ___view strain of dahlias! (5) |
| IRONS | An award-winning ham or club sandwich starter |
| REBUT | Deny withdrawing source of dahlia (5) |
| WILSON | Food writer and MasterChef semi-finalist "Bee" whose father is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an award-winning biographer (6) |
