| JAPONICA | Ornamental shrub native to Japan which displays red flowers (8) |
| TAMARISK | Name an ornamental shrub, native to the Mediterranean region (8) |
| CARD | Display red or yellow comb (4) |
| ROSEMARY | Aromatic evergreen shrub native to the Mediterranean often used to flavour roast meats (8) |
| INKBERRY | Evergreen shrub native to North America, a species of holly (8) |
| LABURNUM | Poisonous tree or shrub native to the Alps (8) |
| HOROPITO | Pseudowintera colorata: evergreen shrub native to New Zealand, commonly called pepperwood (8) |
| KAKABEAK | Evergreen climbing shrub native to New Zealand, also called red kowhai (4,4) |
| SIKADEER | and 3dn, Mammal of the family Cervidae native to Japan, Russia and China with a short head and compact body |
| CARLGANA | Prairie shrub native to Siberia |
| NAGASAKI | Port in Japan which was almost completely destroyed in 1945 by a nuclear bomb (8) |
| BEARARMS | Tolerate branches which display official heraldic symbols |
| SABLE | Which marten, native to Japan and Siberia, is prized for its fur? (5) |
| RHODODENDRON | Shrub native to S. Asia having clusters of showy red, purple, white or pink flowers (12) |
| ENOKI | Thin white edible mushroom native to Japan |
| SIKA | Forest deer, native to Japan, also naturalised in the UK |
| ACER | Maple genus with many species native to Japan (4) |
| SHINTO | Set of religious beliefs and practices native to Japan (6) |
| HEBE | Ornamental evergreen shrub native to New Zealand |
| DEER | Mammal of the family Cervidae native to Japan, Russia and China with a short head and compact body (4,4) |
