| DAMAR | Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis. |
| STONES | Word for various hard objects including cherry pips, cobbles, gems, granites for curling, pellets of hail, querns or rocky meteorites (6) |
| ELEMI | Any of various fragrant resins from certain trees (5) |
| MYRRH | Gum resin from trees of the genus Commiphora used in perfumes (5) |
| ELEMIS | Resins from elms, i.e. |
| KAURI | The New Zealand coniferous tree Agathis australis |
| ACER | Genus of plants and trees of the family Sapindaceae that includes the maples and the European sycamore (4) |
| PICEA | Genus of coniferous trees of the family Pinaceae that comprises the spruces (5) |
| FIGS | Soft pear-shaped false fruits from trees of the mulberry family that are packed with seeds and often eaten dried (4) |
| BENZOIN | Gum resin also called benjamin obtained from trees of the genus Styrax (7) |
| WILLIAMSON | Noted for his descriptions of nature, the countryside and of the First World War, author of the A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight series and Tarka the Otter (10) |
| ANGOSTURA | Bitter aromatic bark of two South American trees of the family Rutaceae, formerly used medicinally to reduce fever (9) |
| NUXVOMICA | Spiny Asian tree of the family Loganiaceae whose seeds are the chief commercial source of strychnine (3,6) |
| CACAO | Small tropical S American tree of the family Malvaceae from whose seeds cocoa and chocolate are made (5) |
| ENLIGHTENMENT | Age of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen |
| UNITY | First name of one of the sisters of Nancy Mitford and of the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire (5) |
| NAPIER | Surname of the British conqueror of Sindh, and of the mathematician who originated the concept of logarithms (6) |
| HERALDRY | The study of coats of arms and of the history of the families who are entitled to them (8) |
| CEIBA | Tall tropical American tree of the family Bombacaceae from which kapok is obtained (5) |
| ARGAN | Thorny evergreen Moroccan tree of the family Sapotaceae whose seeds yield an oil used in cosmetics and cooking (5) |
