| BOBMARLEY | Spooner's gathering grass, perhaps for Jamaican singer |
| RAKES | Tools for gathering grass or leaves; or, an old word for groups of colts (5) |
| YARDIE | Ireland goes after British police force for Jamaican gangster (6) |
| BARNSLEY | Poles cut farmer's grass, perhaps going for beer in town |
| ROLLER | Heavy cylinder for levelling grass, perhaps (6) |
| CANE | Waits in long grass perhaps when getting stick (4) |
| SWATHE | Row or path, of grass perhaps, when it is mown (6) |
| DOPE | At school, run around grass, perhaps (4) |
| HEARSAY | Tittle-tattle from ex-grass, perhaps, drawing in listeners |
| RAGWORT | Weed to grow in a straggly fashion in grass, perhaps (7) |
| CROP | Officer shields Republican grass perhaps (4) |
| SWATH | A strip of mowed grass, perhaps. What's new? (5) |
| SOD | Replacement grass, perhaps |
| GREEN | Gorse seen regularly, like grass perhaps? |
| BLADES | They're used to cut grass, perhaps (6) |
| SNAKE | Something living on grass, perhaps (5) |
| REPOT | What gardener might do with extremely rare grass, perhaps |
| SMALL | Jamaican singer best known for her 1964 international hit My Boy Lollipop (6,5) |
| MILLIE | Jamaican singer best known for her 1964 international hit My Boy Lollipop (6,5) |
| OMI | Jamaican singer with the #1 single "Cheerleader" |
