| APPLEBLOSSOM | Spring flowers on fruit trees, or the state flower of Arkansas (5,7) |
| BLOSSOM | Flowers on fruit trees |
| MAGNOLIA | This tree is the floral emblem of the nation of North Korea and the state flower of both Louisiana a |
| SAGEBRUSH | Western plant that's the state flower of Nevada |
| SAGUARO | Its blossom is the state flower of Arizona |
| THORN | Sharp spine or prickle of the rose or the may tree; or, the Old English and Old Norse letter (5) |
| CAROB | The "St John's Bread" of the locust tree; or, the powder derived from said fruit pods, used to make ersatz chocolate or dog chocs (5) |
| PUZZLEDOM | Word for the domain of anagrams, brainteasers, conundrums, dilemmas, enigmas or other foxing game-like head-scratchers; or, the state of bewilderment caused (9) |
| SALVATION | The act of preserving, or the state of being preserved, from harm (9) |
| TORSION | The act of twisting or the state of being twisted (7) |
| RUINATION | The act of damaging or the state of being damaged (9) |
| ORCHARD | Ground of fruit trees or spring flowering shoots of salsify (7) |
| IDAHO | America's Gem State of which the state flower is a wild mock orange (5) |
| ESPALIER | A framework of stakes on which fruit trees or ornamental shrubs are trained (8) |
| GROVE | A small pleasant woodland; an orchard of lemon, olive or other fruit trees; or, druids collectively |
| NGAIO | New Zealand "mousehole" tree; or, the first name of the novelist who wrote the Inspector Alleyn mysteries (5) |
| ALAR | Winglike, or a controversial growth-regulating chemical sprayed on fruit trees |
| ASHES | Lots of fraxinus trees, or the cricket tournament against Australia (5) |
| ESCHEAT | Property falling to the feudal lord or the state when heirless (7) |
| RAWNESS | Grittiness, or the state of being uncooked (7) |
