| BUSHTELEGRAPH | Black grape intertwined with the lush grapevine |
| DOGROSE | With pink flowers signalling an approaching summer, a wild climber found intertwined with brambles in hedgerows and woodland edges or with ripening fruit in the autumn (3,4) |
| HIPS | Often intertwined with haws, brambles and elderberries in autumnal hedgerows, the fruits of the wild rose (4) |
| LETTER | Any one of the characters of the alphabet traditionally intertwined with one or more others to form a monogram or embroidered onto a sampler (6) |
| ENLACED | Intertwined with Brussels, in the end! (7) |
| LACED | Intertwined with alcohol? |
| BLITZ | Sudden concentrated effort of baronet intertwined with Ms Taylor? (5) |
| CUBEB | Brussels intertwined with Auntie's climbing plant |
| POLYTHENE | Python intertwined with eel in sort of bag (9) |
| WOVEN | Intertwined with material benefit |
| CALABRESE | Cables are intertwined with broccoli (9) |
| THEMEADOWS | What does 'Las Vegas' mean in English, named for the lush growth in the area? (3,7) |
| LASCALA | Land of the lush borders set originally around theatre (2,5) |
| WINO | Nothing to gain from the lush (4) |
| SHARD | Broken piece of pottery found in the lush Ardennes (5) |
| SEPULCHRE | To a creep, the lush looks like a tomb |
| NAME | Black Grape "In the ___ of the Father" |
| OFTHE | Black Grape "In the Name ___ Father" |
| MERLOT | Black grape variety named after the French for 'young blackbird' (6) |
| TEMPRANILLO | Black grape variety, and the wine it makes! (11) |
