| MIKA | Acer palmatum cultivar, and one of the 10 most popular girls' names currently (4) |
| LACY | Like the delicate leaves of Acer palmatum - in viola, cyclamen (4) |
| DORIS | Female name of Greek origin, among the 10 most popular baby names in the US in the 1920s and 30s (5) |
| AVA | Palindromic girl's name that ranked among the 10 most popular in each of the past five years |
| DREAM | Acer palmatum 'Orange ___' has fiery autumn colour (5) |
| THESWAN | One of the top 10 most popular pub names in England (3,4) |
| MARY | Most popular girl's name of the past 100 years, according to the Social Security Administration |
| EMMA | Second-most popular girl's name of the 2020s, after Olivia |
| ISLA | UK's third most popular girl's name in 2023 (4) |
| ANNA | Second most popular girl's name in 1880 |
| EDNA | 11th most popular girl's name in 1898 |
| KAKA | Which Brazilian star is one of the 10 players to win the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League and the Ballon d'or? (4) |
| ENVY | Resentful desire of something possessed by another, as in the Primula auricula cultivar and Hemerocallis '___ Me' (4) |
| LORD | One of the 10 people "a-leaping" in "The 12 Days of Christmas" |
| WEAK | Guardian to an ordinary knight taking steps to secure one of the 10 26 (4,7) |
| BABY | '- - - - Doll', soft pink bergenia cultivar and a skimpy nightdress (4) |
| SAN | Start of the names of three of the 10 most populous U.S. cities |
| MYSPACE | News Corporation-owned Web site that's one of the 10 most visited sites in the world |
| FORD | One of the 10 supporting Duke (4) |
| LICE | One of the 10 plagues of Egypt |
