| GILD | -- the lily |
| ALOE | South African plant of the lily family with fleshy and spiny along the edges, the juice of which is used as a bitter laxative |
| AGAPANTHUS | From Greek meaning "love flower", the genus of the lily of the Nile (10) |
| FLOWER | The Lily of The Nile? (6) |
| ILOVEA | Harry Lauder's song went, "... lassie; A bonnie, bonnie lassie; She's as pure as the lily in the del |
| ALOES | Plants of the lily family with fleshy, spiny leaves and the juice of which is used as laxative |
| SCILLA | A plant of the lily family related to the bluebell bearing blue starshaped flowers and with long glossy straplike leaves |
| PIERIS | Botanic name for the lily of the valley shrub |
| HATH | "The moon ... raised her lamp above" (The Lily of Killarney) (4) |
| ASPARAGUS | Edible plant, formerly in the lily family, also known by the dialect name sparrow grass (9) |
| HELLEBORES | Perennial herbs of the lily family, such as the "Christmas rose" (10) |
| PIP | An apple seed; a single blossom in a cluster of flowers; a rootstock or rhizome of the lily of the valley; or, a Bath star (3) |
| SILLY | Moving the lily to the sun is foolish (5) |
| HAWTHORN | Month of May birth flower alongside the Lily of the Valley |
| TULIP | Bulbous spring-blooming plant of the lily family named from the Turkish for 'turban' (5) |
| GLADIOLUS | Flower of the lily family which grows wild in Mallorca where its purple florets provide much colour to fields on the island in May/June time (9) |
| CONVALLARIA | Genus of the lily of the valley that, translating as "sheltered valley", refers to said flower's natural habitat (11) |
| KNIPHOFIA | Southern African genus of the lily family, also called the red-hot poker |
| ONION | Edible bulb of the lily family |
| ADORN | Gild the lily |
