| SHASTA | ___ daisy is a prettier name for Leucanthemum superbum (6) |
| OXEYE | ___ daisy is a name for Leucanthemum vulgare (2-3) |
| WITTIER | A prettier rhyme, cleverer too (7) |
| TIER | This layer has a prettier ending (4) |
| BELLIS | From the Latin meaning "beautiful, pretty", the genus of the flower whose common name "daisy" is thought to derive from the Old English for "day's eye" (6) |
| RADIUS | Ray a daisy is unfurling, slowly at first (6) |
| DISMAY | Daisy is confused, hiding medium concern (6) |
| OXEYES | Flowers known botanically as Leucanthemum vulgare |
| FAIRER | To the less biased, is prettier (6) |
| OXEYEDAISY | Common name for Leucanthemum vulgare (2-3,5) |
| NEAT | Shasta daisy (Leucanthemum x superbum) 'Real ___' is a tidy plant! (4) |
| ACUTER | American, prettier and smarter (6) |
| TIERCE | Group of three found in prettier ceramics |
| CASHCOW | Realise Daisy is a source of easy money (4,3) |
| DISASTER | Di's daisy is a catastrophe (8) |
| EASTERISLAND | Daisy is eaten by wild beast in distant location (6,6) |
| DAY | Daisy is missing for a time |
| ASTER | Flower also called a "Michaelmas daisy" (Is Michaelmas a holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Mich |
| DAYOFF | Daisy is away, not on a 24-hour break (3,3) |
| TRITE | What "fresh as a daisy" is, ironically |
