| HELIOTROPE | Colour and name of this sun-loving flowering plant |
| AZALEA | Acid-loving, flowering. shrubby plant of the genus Rhododendron (6) |
| NEPETA | The sun-loving catmint genus (6) |
| MALIBUBACH | Sun-loving musician doll? |
| AMADEUS | Second Christian name of Mozart, and name of 1984 film about his life (7) |
| RAINHILL | Place of, and name of, famous 1829 'Trials' on the emerging Liverpool and Manchester Railway (8) |
| PARASOL | Synonym for sun umbrella and name of a pink clematis cultivar (7) |
| COLORADO | State of the USA and name of Gresley 'A3' 60094 (8) |
| ROYAL | Stanier class of LMR and name of its 46100 (5,4) |
| SCOT | Stanier class of LMR and name of its 46100 (5,4) |
| MELISANDE | Lover of Pelleas and name of engine 73085 (9) |
| MURCIA | Region of south-east Spain and name of its capital city (6) |
| TIVERTON | Devon town and name of one of UK'S three staghound packs (8) |
| RIALTO | Area of Venice and name of the city's oldest bridge over the Grand Canal (6) |
| HYACINTE | Bulbous plant, and name of GWR'Flower' Class 4-4-0 No. 4113 (8) |
| STGEORGE | Small time stuff involving butt of joke and name of Red Cross? (2,6) |
| DRPAUL | Title and name of Hollyoaks" killer medic (2,4,8) |
| PARAHEBE | Genus and name of mat-forming shrub produced from bare heap (8) |
| SIRPETERHENDY | Title and name of Network Rail chairman (3,5,5) |
| STORMONT | Location in Belfast and name of the Northern Ireland Assembly (8) |
