| NERINE | A scarlet or rose-coloured South African flowering plant (6) |
| PROTEA | South-African flowering plant also called the sugar bush (6) |
| DORADO | Golden-coloured South American river fish with red fins (6) |
| MACAW | Brightly coloured South American parrot |
| RESTIO | Genus of South African flowering plants, many of which resemble grasses (6) |
| PASTOR | From Latin for "shepherd, feeder", a cleric considered the shepherd of a flock; or, a rose-coloured starling (6) |
| REDCAP | Old name, in reference to its distinctive scarlet or rufescent head or "chapeau", for a goldfinch (6) |
| REDDEN | Blush in a rose-coloured study (6) |
| ERICA | Genus of chiefly South African flowering plants to which the heaths belong (5) |
| PIPPIN | Annoyance over mostly rose-coloured dessert apple (6) |
| RUNNER | Climbing plant with red flowers and edible pods also called a scarlet runner (6,4) |
| PRYNNE | Hester who bore a scarlet "A" |
| OLEANDER | Name a poisonous evergreen shrub with handsome white or rose-coloured flowers (8) |
| PAINTEDLADY | Name, with an onus on multicolouredness, as if brushed or dipped in a palette of pigments, for a thistle butterfly, a tattooed woman, a scarlet "prairie-fire" American wildflower or a variegated gladi |
| RASP | From "sweet rose-coloured wine", an informal name for a pinkish berry-like canefruit synonymous with a boo, hiss or jeer and recalled in a vulgar rhyme about a "framboise tart" (4) |
| LADYBIRD | One of a loveliness of scarlet- or cochineal-red beetles with black spots, named for a revered title of the Virgin Mary, for it is considered a blessed messenger or gift sent to protect gardens and fa |
| ROSEATE | Rose-coloured, rose-red or rosy (7) |
| TRITONIA | South African genus of plants with typically scarlet or orange flowers (8) |
| PINK | Fragrant flower in the genus Dianthus; a colour with shades including blush, coral and rose; or, a scarlet jacket worn by some fox-hunters (4) |
| VERMEIL | French term for silver-gilt or gilt bronze used for candelabra, jewellery, medals, tableware etc; or, a poetic word for a scarlet-red pigment, also known as cinnabar (7) |
