| HORCHATA | Cold plant-based drink from Valencia, Spain where conditions are ideal for the growth of its main ingredient, chufas or tiger nuts (8) |
| BORGIA | Powerful Italian family, originally from Valencia, Spain. that flourished in the 15th and 16th centuries (6) |
| HOTBED | A place offering ideal conditions for the growth of an idea, activity, etc (6) |
| PERFECTPITCH | Note talent where playing conditions are ideal? |
| TIPPINGPOINT | Just about reaching the headland where conditions might change catastrophically |
| SILVICULTURE | Technical term for the growth and care of woodlands |
| SAKE | Rice-based drink from Japan |
| MARGARITA | Tequila based drink from one Agra mart, perhaps (9) |
| BHANG | Cannabis-based drink from India |
| CADIZ | Port in southwestern Spain where in 1587 Sir Francis Drake carried out 'The Singeing of the King of Spain's Beard' |
| PEMBA | "Green Island" forming part of the Zanzibar archipelago, where cloves are of one of its main cash crops (5) |
| TEASEL | The dried seedheads of this plant are ideal for a Christmas wreath (6) |
| BELIZE | The name of which Central American country is also the name of its main river and capital? (6) |
| WITWATERSRAND | South African region where a gold rush followed the discovery of its main reef in 1886 |
| ELCHE | Town in Valencia, Spain noted for the performance of an annual medieval religious drama (5) |
| TRAFALGAR | Cape in the Spanish province of Cadiz, south-west Spain, where the British Admiral Lord Nelson won a major battle in 1805 (9) |
| KIT | The purple spikes of Nepeta '___ Cat' are ideal for borders (3) |
| BEGONIAS | These popular bloomers with brightly coloured sepals are ideal for overwintering in pots (8) |
| BEFORETHEMAST | Have a lowly place, in the main, in front of a post (6,3,4) |
| DOGWOOD | Its vivid winter stems are ideal for festive wreaths (7) |
