| SAT | Occupied a garden bench |
| LUTYENS | With a style of garden bench named after him, an architect renowned for his designs of English country houses who collaborated with Gertrude Jekyll (7) |
| PLOY | Word for an activity, affair, doings, hobby or pastime with which one is occupied; a frolic for one's amusement; a gambit or tactic in a conversation or game; or, any calculated plan (4) |
| LONGTIME | Having occupied a position for a number of years (4-4) |
| LOMBARD | One of a Germanic people who occupied a region in northern Italy named after them (7) |
| SATIN | Fabric occupied a building (5) |
| MANDALAY | Reportedly occupied a position in Asian city |
| TOOKPLACE | Occupied a position, as it happened (4,5) |
| ABSORBED | Occupied a bunk or cot (8) |
| FILLED | Occupied (a period of time) (6) |
| RULED | Occupied a throne |
| WASON | Occupied a base on the diamond |
| DUGIN | Brown-clad soldier occupied a trench |
| PORTAUPRINCE | Where father-and-son Duvaliers occupied a presidential palace |
| COTTER | Villein who occupied a house and land in return for labour |
| SAVANT | Knowledgeable man occupied a chairs round the front (6) |
| SISKIN | With a distinctive forked tail, a garden bird resembling a cross between a greenfinch and a serin that is one of Britain's smallest finches (6) |
| ACHIEVE | Reach a Greek character, a woman in a garden (7) |
| BOG | Garden, or part of a garden, which possesses a particularly wet soil, favoured by moisture loving plants (3) |
| GOLDFINCH | Known collectively as a charm, a garden bird with a twittering call often spotted feeding on thistles or teasels (9) |
