| UMBEL | An inflorescene that turns marigold initially blue (5) |
| BASIN | Initially blue, in the sense of depression (5) |
| BILBERRY | Fruit, initially blue, Beryl Reid regularly stewed (8) |
| IMRIE | A star of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (5,5) |
| CELIA | A star of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (5,5) |
| GOWAN | Thought to be related to Old English for "marigold", Scottish dialect for a golden, white or yellow field flower, such as a daisy or an ox-eye (5) |
| DENCH | Philomena and The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel star, Judi ___ (5) |
| MORAL | Dig out marigold - this could be the lesson... (5) |
| INDIA | Setting for The Real Marigold Hotel in face, almost (5) |
| NIGHY | Bill -, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel actor (5) |
| MARSH | Caltha palustris is the ___ marigold (5) |
| OXEYE | The corn marigold (5) |
| HOTEL | Marigold? Then India (5) |
| SMITH | Actress in Gosford Park, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Lady in the Van and Downton Abbey (5) |
| ROSES | Beautiful often fragrant flowers, typically with thorny stems; marigold windows; diamonds cut in tiny triangular facets; or, mathematical rhodonea curves (5) |
| CHINA | Asian country visited by the celebrities in The Real Marigold Hotel On Tour in 2017 (5) |
| DARTS | Game played by Bobby George, the sportsman who took part in Celebrity Fit Club in 2004 and The Real Marigold Hotel in 2016 (5) |
| PATEL | Dev of 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' |
| TAMAR | Plant a marigold, a little flower |
| DUBEY | Lilette of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel |
