| FESCUE | A type of grass whose name derives from the Latin for straw (6) |
| KENNEL | Word for a dog's house or hut that derives from the Latin name for said creature; a pack of hounds; or, the den or lair of a fox (6) |
| BAMBOO | Riotous mob chasing after graduate from Oxford for a type of grass (6) |
| SGOOSE | A black, dusky, hazel, red, ruffled, sage, spruce or willow game bird that is small and plump, yet its name derives from the Latin word for the tall slender long-legged bird, the crane (6) |
| SPINET | Little harpsichord whose name, which may derive from the Latin for "thorns", refers to the shape of the tiny quills that pluck its strings (6) |
| GODWIT | With a genus name that derives from the Latin meaning "muddy", a wading bird with four existent species including the black-tailed and bar-tailed (6) |
| FERRET | Known collectively as a business, an animal whose name derives from the Latin meaning "little thief" (6) |
| CAMERA | Optical device whose name derives from the Latin for 'vaulted room' (6) |
| MARRAM | Either way it's a type of grass |
| ABSORB | What word derives from the Latin for "from" and "suck in"? (6) |
| AMANDA | Girl's name that derives from the Latin for 'loveable' (6) |
| RADISH | Vegetable whose name ultimately derives from the Latin for “root” |
| ASTUTE | Word that derives from the Latin for "craft", meaning canny, crafty, clever, cunning or shrewd (6) |
| OATERS | No opening for straw hats ___ stetsons required in these! (6) |
| PAMPAS | Type of grass; large treeless plains of South America (6) |
| CEREAL | Type of grass grown to produce edible grain (6) |
| KIKUYU | Type of grass |
| AQUAMARINE | A greenish-blue colour whose name derives from the Latin for 'water of the sea' (10) |
| TUSSOCK | Clump of verdure; or, a type of grass (7) |
| REED | Has the freedom to grow a type of grass (4) |
