| HAZELNUTS | Word for the filberts or Kentish cobs of trees that often grow as a result of squirrels burying said kernels and forgetting them (9) |
| VITA | Familiar name of Knole-born novelist and nature writer, Lady Nicolson, whose former garden featuring a nuttery or nutwalk of Kentish cobs is described in her pastoral poem titled Sissinghurst (4) |
| HAZELNUT | Alternative name for the filbert (8) |
| NOIX | Filberts or pecans, in Calais |
| AVELLEN | Pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts. |
| NUT | Fruit produced by the filbert tree (3) |
| LOONEYTUNES | Milky in the filbert |
| WHACKO | Milky in the filbert |
| PEA | A family of plants including the garden Pisum sativum; a seed of the latter, eaten as a vegetable or blown through a shooter; or, a tiny cob of coal, coffee berry, roe of salmon or stone, when akin to |
| SCURRY | Word for a swift scoot, scramble or skitter; a scud or swirl of snow; a short sprint; or, a scamper of squirrels (6) |
| BOULE | An orb used in a petanque-like game; a pear- or tear drop-shaped imitation ruby or sapphire; or, French for a round loaf or cob of bread (5) |
| ROLLS | Wound lengths of wallpaper, gift wrap, maps/charts or parchment; small cobs of bread; or, aerobatic manoeuvres or axes of flight other than pitch or yaw movements (5) |
| EVERGREEN | Type of tree that photosynthesises during the winter ensuring persistently-verdant needles or leaves - pine, yew, juniper, fir or cypress, for example (9) |
| BLACKBERRY | Pick carefully: Deep purple fruit * that often grows in thorny patches and ends up in a cobbler (or struggling mobile brand known for its QWERTY keyboard) |
| MOSSES | Flowerless plants that often grow around tree trunks |
| NETTLES | Common weeds that often grow near dock leaves (7) |
| MOSS | Flowerless plant that often grows around a tree trunk |
| SEDGE | Name a grass-like plant that often grows in wet places (5) |
| COAST | Depicted in paintings by Monet, Sargent and Turner, type of region with a seashore where thrift, sea campion, sea lavender and golden samphire often grow (5) |
| REDWOOD | Californian timber tree that often reaches a height of 100 metres (7) |
