| VASE | Vessel such as a tulipiere or rosebowl for cut flowers; or, the body of the Corinthian capital (4) |
| GARDENER | Who looks after a plot of flowers or the like (8) |
| CHIFFONIER | Setter keeps fine rosebowl initially in a cabinet (10) |
| CLOCK | Spherical seed head of a dandelion flower; or, the surname of the diminutive family in Mary Norton's |
| BOAT | A vessel such as a cockleshell, coracle, gondola or punt; a sauciere for serving gravy, hollandaise or other such condiment; or, in poker slang, a full house (4) |
| RIB | Any one of the curved pieces of wood forming the sides of a violin or the body of a lute; ornamental band on the spine of a book; or, an arch separating the webs of a vault (3) |
| DISH | General word for a vessel such as a ramekin, tureen or compotier (4) |
| SHIP | Engine- or sail-propelled large seagoing vessel such as a clipper, cutter. ferry. trawler or cargo liner (4) |
| JIG | The note of the nightingale; a prison or jail; a glass, tankard or Toby of beer; an instrument forming part of a skiffle band; or, a spouted vessel, such as a boat, ewer or pitcher (3) |
| RAFT | Vessel such as Thor Heyerdahl's KonTiki; or, the collective noun for a group of ducks, loons, coots |
| LAP | A single turn of rope or thread around a drum, reel or other coiled object; a circuit of a racetrack; the forepart of a skirt and/or the body, from waist to knees; thin liquid food for a dog; an earlo |
| RACK | The _, an instrument of torture that stretched the body of the victim (4) |
| HULL | The body of the vessel is in port (4) |
| BARK | Class of vessel such as HMS Endeavour (4) |
| TAMBOUR | A small shallow drum; a rich kind of goldwork; an embroidery frame; the campana or vase of a Corinthian capital; or, a lobby or vestibule in a church porch (7) |
| GLASS | Vessel such as a tumbler, flute or schooner; or, a material used for the coloured pieces inside a kaleidoscope (5) |
| BRIG | Sailing vessel such as HMS Beagle with two square-rigged masts (4) |
| DAIS | Place of honour perhaps for cut flower (4) |
| PUGET | A wide indentation of a shoreline, or the body of water bounded by such a curve (5) |
| PEONY | Depicted in Chinese art, a pink or white but never blue flower often displayed in a glass bowl or vintage vessel such as a ginger jar or trophy (5) |
