| CYCAD | Primitive fern-, palmlike plant (5) |
| SAGOS | Palmlike plants native to Japan |
| CREATION | Brainchild of Theban king protecting a palmlike plant |
| JIPIJAPA | The palmlike plant, Carludovica palmata, whose leaves are bleached for making panama hats |
| PANAMAHATS | Apparel made from palmlike plants |
| FROND | Large divided leaf of a flowerless plant such as a fern, attached to the main stem by a stipe (5) |
| PONGA | Cyathea dealbata, the silver tree-fern (5) |
| EKAHA | Hawaiian name for the birds nest fern (5) |
| INFER | Deduce island fern has spread (5) |
| SPORE | A minute reproductive body produced by a fern (5) |
| ROYAL | Osmunda is known as the ___ fern (5) |
| APRIL | ___ Ieremia, TV host and former Silver Fern (5) |
| SUSHI | Japanese dish furnishes meal without the fern (5) |
| BRADY | Funny woman Fern supporter extremely dodgy (5) |
| STIPE | Stalk of a fern frond (5) |
| GREEN | Verdant colour with shades including moss, fern, forest and pine (5) |
| READY | Old BBC cookery show originally hosted by Fern Britton, ----- Steady Cook (5) |
| APPLE | 'Now as I was young and easy under the ___ boughs' (Dylan Thomas 'Fern Hill' (1946) (5) |
| PLANT | From the Old English for "seedling" and the Latin for "sprout, cutting", any one of the botanical organisms forming Earth's collective flora including fern, herb and moss (5) |
| TODEA | Genus of rare 'King Fern' seen at Ascog Hall, Isle of Bute ... in grotto, dear (5) |
