| SPINELESS | A smooth succulent, it could be said, is a ___ cactus. Or just lacking in courage! (9) |
| ROBOT | The only current way this is used in the garden, it could be said, is as a solarpowered, free-moving, grasscutting machine (5) |
| FORFEIT | Cockney's fourth, it should be said, is a sacrifice (7) |
| HOBBY | Gardening, it is said, is a ___! (5) |
| SUCCULENT | Plant such as the cactus or agave that grows in arid conditions, using its fleshy stem or leaves to |
| PARRICIDE | European capital, I'd said, is a terrible crime (9) |
| BERGAMOTS | Several monardas, it could be said! (9) |
| LEADWORTS | Several plumbago plants, it could be said! (9) |
| WEAKKNEED | Lacking in courage |
| CHRISTMAS | Schlumbergera truncata, the ___ cactus (9) |
| KARENBASS | Former Congressional Black Caucus chair who received the Profile in Courage Award in 2010: 2 wds. |
| JOHNLEWIS | Civil rights leader and longtime Georgia congressman who received the Profile in Courage Award in 2001: 2 wds. |
| FORTITUDE | Red outfit showing courage! (9) |
| TAKEHEART | "Courage!" |
| PRICKLE | Group of hedgehogs or porcupines; or, another word for a thorn of a rose stem, cactus or thistle, for example (7) |
| THEMALL | Everybody, it might be said, is on the road to the palace (3,4) |
| LATTICEWORK | It could be said that a trellis panel is total wicker! (11) |
| RODE | Went on horseback in such a way, it could be said (4) |
| COWARD | A way to intimidate one lacking in courage (6) |
| BELGIC | Be extremely lacking in courage at first, like some old Celts |
