| FOWLER | Marksman seen as the flower of English football? |
| DEADSHOT | Expert marksman seen as the odd puzzle (4,4) |
| ROSES | The flowers of English Rugby |
| SIDNEY | Poet born at Penshurst Place described as the "flower of England" who wrote The Defence of Poesy (6) |
| RHONE | Horse proclaimed as the flower of Avignon (5) |
| SWEETWILLIAM | Shakespeare as the honeyed flower of English poetry? (5-7) |
| BURNEJONES | Artist who is seen as the last of the Pre-Raphaelites; his works include Love and the Pilgrim and collection of watercolours in The Flower Book (5-5) |
| HAT | A chapeau or lid, such as the flower-and-ribbon-trimmed tilting straw Dolly Varden bonnet, named for the coquette of Dickens's Barnaby Rudge or, one's occupation or role (3) |
| BRADFORDCITY | Team who in 2013 became the first ever team from the fourth tier of English football to reach a major domestic Wembley cup final |
| BRISTOL | Home of English football league clubs Rovers and City (7) |
| PREMIERLEAGUE | Top tier of English football (7,6) |
| ASTONVILLA | Lost during dubious salvation of English football club (5,5) |
| BECKHAM | David of English football (7) |
| ROOTS | ..... Hall, home of English football club Southend United (5) |
| DAVID | Beckham of English football |
| OWEN | Michael of English football |
| AVARICE | Gordon Gekko is seen as the epitome of this one of the seven deadly sins |
| GIOTTO | Florentine artist, seen as the founder of the main tradition of Western painting because he broke away from Byzantine stylization |
| BRETT | Artist noted for illustrations such as The Flower Ballet, Pixie Circus, Twilight Dance, Goodnight Time and Fairy Time (5) |
| SNORRI | ____ Sturluson was traditionally seen as the writer of the Prose Edda |
