| DIADEM | And 22 d. The common garden arachnid with white cross on abdomen - doomed finally, sad demise |
| DIADEMSPIDER | The "crowned orb weaver", a common garden arachnid |
| FIRST | Ordinal for 22-D |
| UMBILICUS | Bulimic changed by American feature on abdomen (9) |
| GRAYSONPERRY | Artist, good artist with clarity, finally sad about broken pen (7,5) |
| DISHEARTENING | Head of department and I cut a figure in drag, finally sad to see |
| YARDSTICK | It's used to measure garden's arachnid (9) |
| BEARDED | Describes the common garden iris with 'hairy' fall petals (7) |
| EPEIRA | Genus of spiders, including the common garden spider. (6) |
| BEDSIDEMANNER | Doctor's attitude is excellent, tackling sad demise with bit of delicacy (7,6) |
| REMEDIES | Cures will be found after engineer's sad demise (8) |
| IMPEDES | Bars quietly embroiled in sad demise (7) |
| ALIEN | Not a nice word to describe the common garden snail which is an invader from Europe, but not one of those critters from outer space. (5) |
| GREECE | Country known for its blue and white flag, with a white cross on a blue background in the top left corner, and nine alternating stripes of blue and white |
| FIRSTAID | Symbolised by a white cross on a green background, medical assistance taught by the British Red Cross or St John Ambulance (5,3) |
| DENMARK | Nation whose flag is a white cross on a red background |
| GREATTITS | Common garden birds with yellow and black underparts and a black and white head (5,4) |
| ROMA | Actress Downey who coproduced the 2015 miniseries "A.D.: The Bible Continues" |
| DYLAN | County Meath-born 1996 winner d the Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (5,5) |
| MORAN | County Meath-born 1996 winner d the Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (5,5) |
