| ELDERFLOWER | Blooms of a hedgerow tree or shrub in the genus Sambucus, used to make cordial or paired with ingred |
| ELDERBERRY | Purplish-black fruit of a hedgerow plant in the genus Sambucus, used to make jam, jelly, syrup and liqueur (10) |
| ELDER | -berry; fruit used to make cordial (5) |
| EDGE | Boundary of a hedgerow (4) |
| AMIABLE | Have I skill to make cordial? (7) |
| WARM | Word used to mean ardent or eager; close to discovery, as in a game; comfortably-off; cordial or tender; fresh, as in a scent or trail; primarily red or yellow in tone; sunny; or, tepid (4) |
| FIG | Producing many-seeded false fruits, a tree or shrub in the mulberry family, believed to be one of the first domesticated plants (3) |
| CHARM | From the Latin for "incantation", a word for attractiveness or the power of fascination; or, paired with the adjective "offensive", a classic example of an oxymoron (5) |
| CRABAPPLE | Comtesse de Paris, Gorgeous or Sugar Tyme, a garden, orchard, or hedgerow tree in the genus Malus with pectin-rich fruits used to set jelly or crushed for verjuice (4-5) |
| POPPY | A cornfield flower of remembrance, also known as a coquelicot for its cock's-comb-red petals; or, paired with "head", a word for a wooden finial decorating an end of a church pew (5) |
| SHRUB | Mixed drink of lemon, spices, sugar and rum that shares its name with a bushy type of plant such as the Christmas box; or, a fruit cordial or syrup of raspberry or other fruit with added vinegar, for |
| CHESTNUT | Deciduous tree or shrub in the genus Castanea (8) |
| WILLOW | With twigs and branches traditionally used to make Easter trees, a woody plant/shrub in the genus Salix (6) |
| ELDERBERRIES | Juicy fruits of a tree in the genus Sambucus (12) |
| MACHE | Another name for lamb's lettuce; or, paired with "papier", French for gluey "chewed paper" used to make boxes, furniture or tea trays and often japanned or painted when dry (5) |
| STICKY | A gummed label or Post-it note; a word generally meaning adhesive, gluey, hot, humid, muggy, tenacious or unpleasant; or, paired with "willie", a clinging plant also called cleavers (6) |
| HOPE | Word for the desire that "springs eternal"; or, paired with "chest", a synonym for the bottom drawer or glory box for a woman's trousseau (4) |
| SQUASH | A fruit cordial or presse; a close crowd; or, with cultivars including Angel Hair, Buttercup, Carnival, Crown Prince, Gold Nugget and Star, a type of pumpkin, often roasted or used for soup (6) |
| HOLLY | Red-berried shrub in the genus Ilex, traditionally used for Christmas wreaths or to decorate mantelpieces, table centres or candlesticks (5) |
| OLIVE | Small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, with an oil-producing fruit (5) |
