| CORNFLOWERS | Expression of surprise having confused low ferns and plants (11) |
| PERCHLORATE | Sit down with expression of surprise having consumed salt (11) |
| SUNFLOWER | You scour low ferns for other growth (9) |
| FORESTFLOOR | Place for ferns and pine needles |
| HERBIVOROUS | Feeding on grass and plants (11) |
| CHLOROPHYLL | Pigment in leaves and plants (11) |
| NATURESTUDY | Investigation 01 animals and plants at an elementary level (6,5) |
| ACOTYLEDON | Any plant that lacks seed leaves (orchid, dodder etc.); extended to seedless plants such as ferns and mosses (10) |
| WIKIPEDIA | Having confused "kepi" with "wadi", I seek clarification here (9) |
| ENSURE | Guarantee having confused nurse, European (6) |
| TONEDEAF | As one might be, having confused note with four others? |
| OBSERVE | Having confused Eve, Rob's notice (7) |
| INSPIRED | Moved divinely, perhaps, having confused pride with sin? (8) |
| ENTREES | Regularly chopped ferns and oaks, say, for starters |
| REFRESHMENTS | Eats tree ferns and humus? Odd! (12) |
| FRONDS | What are finely divided leaves, as applied to ferns and their like (6) |
| SPORES | Reproductive cells for ferns and fungi |
| BRACKEN | Fern and Ben collecting instrument of torture (7) |
| TOPOFTHEMORNING | Fern and Tom hoping to get spread in "Hello!" (3,2,3,7) |
| FERMENT | Planted a fern and met with excitement from them (7) |
