| EBONISTS | Cabinetmakers who work with the black hardwood of a tree that shares its genus with the persimmon (8) |
| ACCENTOR | From "one who sings with another", a little brown hedge-sparrow-like bird that shares its genus, Prunella, with the said dunnock , shufflewing or titling (8) |
| SYCAMORE | From the Greek meaning "fig-mulberry" and with samaras or "helicopters", a tree that shares its family with ackee, horse chestnut, lychee, maple and soapberry (8) |
| EBENISTE | French word for a cabinetmaker who finishes or veneers furniture with a layer of the dark wood traditionally used for black piano keys (8) |
| CARPENTARIA | Shrub genus, with the common name of the Californian tree anemone (11) |
| SPRUCE | Tree that shares its family with the cedar of Lebanon, larch, Douglas fir and Scots pine (6) |
| CASTOR | A flour dredger-like pepperette or sugar shaker with a perforated top; a sextuple star system that is Pollux's less-bright twin in Gemini; a beaver, its genus or a hat from its fur; or, a small swivel |
| STUMP | The part of a tree that remains in the ground after the tree is cut (5) |
| OLDMORTALITY | Novel by Sir Walter Scott that forms, along with The Black Dwarf, the first series of his Tales of My Landlord |
| SHELDUCK | One of a "dopping" of female birds neatly summarised by its genus Tadorna "pied waterfowl" (8) |
| EBONY | Tree related to the persimmon with dark heartwood traditionally used for black piano keys or chess pieces (5) |
| MESSENGER | A socialist journal associated with the Black labour union the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters |
| CINNAMON | Spice obtained from the inner bark of a tree that is used widely in cooking sweet or savoury dishes, including the Mallorcan arroz brut dish (8) |
| EVERGREEN | The name of a tree that bears foliage all year, or a UK no 1 song for Will Young (9) |
| CRABAPPLE | Wild, bitter fruit of a tree that grows in the rugged woodlands of Mallorca, mostly used for making jellies (9) |
| SPURGELAUREL | Evergreen shrub with poisonous berries, one of only two species of its genus native to Britain |
| CROQUET | Game played at international level or in private gardens, one side competing with the black and blue balls and the other with the red and yellow balls (7) |
| SEAOFMARMARA | Body of water in N.W. Turkey linked with the Black Sea by the Bosporus (3,2,7) |
| BRANCH | It's the part of a tree that grows out from its trunk |
| FALLINGOFF | A decrease in the fruit of a tree that was shaken? (7,3) |
