| GARDEN | "Mary, Mary, quite contrary / how does your ... grow?" (nursery rhyme) (6) |
| KILLED | "Who __ Cock Robin?": nursery rhyme |
| ANY | Have you ___ wool? (nursery rhyme question) |
| INAROW | How "pretty maids" were arranged in Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary |
| NURSERYRHYME | Baa, Baa, Black Sheep and Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, say (7,5) |
| EDWARD | Name of the eldest son of George V and Queen Mary (Mary of Teck) (6) |
| LONNIE | 'Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor' singer Donegan |
| GOSPEL | Mary Mary musical genre |
| CONTRARY | "Mary, Mary quite ___" |
| OPPOSITEPAGE | Sister of Mary, Quite Contrary? |
| PERENNIALS | How does your garden grow, indeed, with these blooming tulips year after year? (10) |
| GROW | "... how does your garden ___?" |
| MARY | Name repeated before "quite contrary," in a nursery rhyme |
| ETA | "What's your ___?" ("When does your flight land?"): Abbr. |
| SPRINGFEVER | Does your temperature jump when you get it? (6,5) |
| QUITE | Mary Mary ___ Contrary |
| MARYMARY | ___ ___ , Quite Contrary, English nursery rhyme (4,4) |
| QUEENSCOUNSEL | Barman, in short, quite contrary to start with (6,7) |
| KNOW | ABBA song released in 1979, Does Your Mother ---- (4) |
| DYLAN | Bob, does your lager actually need opening? (5) |
