| URTICA | A nettle that yields a flax-like fibre (6) |
| RAMIE | A woody Asian shrub with broad leaves, the stem of which yields a flax-like fibre (5) |
| SCORPION | Sign with tip of nettle that one's a stinger (8) |
| HACKLE | A flax-comb; a fighting cockerel's neck feather that rises when it is angry or alarmed; or, said plume worn as a panache in a military headdress (6) |
| RAFFIA | A ribbon-like fibre obtained from the leaves of a palm, used in weaving mats and baskets (6) |
| STINGY | Mean description of a nettle? (6) |
| TUSCAN | Italian cuts off a nettle's head (6) |
| EARNER | Something that yields a tidy profit (6) |
| PADAUK | Tree that yields a reddish wood resembling mahogany (6) |
| CASSIA | Tropical Asian tree that yields a coarse kind of cinnamon (6) |
| SESAME | Seed that yields a light edible oil (6) |
| JOJOBA | Southwestern shrub that yields a cosmetic oil |
| MADDER | Plant with roots that yield a red dye (6) |
| CAROBS | Trees that yield a chocolate substitute |
| BASS | One of the words for a flax, hemp, jute or lime fibre bag for holding an angler's fish; a powerful sea perch with a brilliant silver body; or, from "low", the lowest part in music or the deepest male |
| KAPOK | A fine, cotton-like fibre that grows around the seeds of the ceiba tree, used as stuffing for toys and cushions (5) |
| GRASP | A clutch of a nettle, for example; or, intellectual hold or understanding (5) |
| LINEN | A flax textile used in the for household textiles and summer clothes (5) |
| HECKLER | Interjector is a flax comber (7) |
| LINSEED | Seeds of a flax plant (7) |
