| PEPPERS | Bell ___ (which can be green, red, yellow or orange) are some of the crunchiest veggies in the garden* |
| JEKYLL | Horticulturist with a species of fragrant English rose named after her who created some of the garde |
| LADYBIRDS | Small red, yellow or orange beetles (9) |
| LEEKS | Veggies in the onion family |
| BLANKETS | The famous Hudson's Bay ones are white with green, red, yellow and indigo stripes |
| HBCSTRIPES | They are green, red, yellow and indigo on a historic Canadian store's iconic white Point Blankets: acr. + wd. |
| SNAPPEA | Green pod veggie in the stir-fry: 2 wds. |
| TEA | It can be green red or yellow |
| DOGS | Though some consider the term offensive, most agree that "mutts" are some of the most lovable ___ in the world |
| BRICABRAC | A couple of cars and a bib are some of the bits and bobs at the flea market (4,1,4) |
| QUASARS | Powered by supermassive black holes and with red shifts of up to z=7.64, ultra-luminous galactic nuclei that are some of the universe's most distant known objects (7) |
| URSINIA | (with the common name 'jewel of the veldt'), grown for their yellow or orange or white-rayed flowers (7) |
| GARNET | Any of a group of hard, glassy red, yellow or green minerals used as a gemstone or abrasive (6) |
| RING | A black, blue, green, red or yellow figure, interlocking to form a symbol of the Olympic Games (4) |
| READERSDIGEST | Venerable magazine that turns 100 years old on Feb. 5; the parentheticals in four theme clues are some of its famed features |
| CURTAINHOOKS | They are some of the hangups with window dressing (7,5) |
| AEGEANISLANDS | Kos, Santorini, and Rhodes are some of the ____ |
| FWORDS | "Fudge," "fie" and "fiddlesticks" are some of the printable ones |
| EGRETS | What are some of the herons called (6) |
| MAXIMUMS | Mothers backing long skirt are some of the greatest (8) |
