| VITASACKVILLEWEST | Poet, garden designer, and lover of Virginia Woolf |
| VITA | First name of the lover of Virginia Woolf, described in the book Orlando. |
| HORACE | Poet's garden invaded by driving club |
| NICK | Garden designer and presenter of Gardeners' World, ---- Bailey (4) |
| JEKYLL | With a David Austin rose named after her, an Arts and Crafts garden designer and Country Life contributor noted for collaborations with Edwin Lutyens (6) |
| CHATTO | Beth ___, garden designer and author who died in 2018 (6) |
| GAVIN | Diarmuid, garden designer and TV presenter born in 1964 (5) |
| OPHELIA | Daughter of Polonius and lover of Hamlet |
| ISOLDE | Heroine of Arthurian legend and lover of Tristan (6) |
| SUE | And 11 Cousin and lover of Jude Fawley in the Thomas Hardy novel Jude The Obscure (3,9) |
| ELVIS | Fat __, portly ___ and never seen ___ pal (and lover) of EastEnders" Big Mo Harris (5) |
| LYSITHEA | Moon of Jupiter discovered by US astronomer Seth Barnes Nicholson in 1938, later named after an Oceanid and lover of Zeus (8) |
| LANCELOT | Knight of the Round Table and lover of Queen Guinevere in Arthurian legend (8) |
| GUINEVERE | In Arthurian legend, the wife of King Arthur and lover of Lancelot (9) |
| WOODYHERMAN | Jazz bandleader and lover of forests? |
| ROCKYMARCIANO | Former heavyweight champ and lover of mountains? |
| GWYN | Actress and lover of Charles II |
| MARKANTONY | Roman politician and lover of Cleopatra |
| PAULOGRADY | TV presenter and lover of dogs makes Gary upload (4,1'5) |
| LAMB | Lady Caroline ___ (1785- 1828), aristocrat, novelist and lover of Lord Byron (4) |
