| BOBCAT | Common name of the red lynx (6) |
| PLOUGH | Common name of the group of seven stars in the constellation Ursa Major (3,6) |
| THRUSH | What is the common name of the fungal disease candidiasis? (6) |
| STONES | Common name of the plant Lithops (6,6) |
| LIVING | Common name of the plant Lithops (6,6) |
| YITE | Similar to the name of the red-winged glede that hovers and soars in the breeze, Scots dialect for the yellowhammer that sings for "a little bit of bread and no cheese" (4) |
| HEARTS | Common name of the football club based at Tynecastle Park (6) |
| MYRTLE | Common name of the shrub myrtus (6) |
| CALICO | Common name of the shrub Kalmia latifolia (6,4) |
| CLOVER | Common name of the herbaceous plant trifolium (6) |
| YARROW | Common name of the wild flower Achillea millefolium (6) |
| OSCARS | Common name of the Academy Awards (6) |
| AARONS | Biblical common name of the Great Mullein (6,3) |
| BREATH | Baby's _, common name of the flowering plant Gypsophila paniculata (6) |
| MARCOS | Common name of the Philippines' President-elect, succeeding Rodrigo Duterte on 30 June 2022 (6) |
| FATHEN | Common name of the wild flower Chenopodium album (3,3) |
| MARS | Houseleek cultivar known by the name of the Red Planet (4) |
| DRHOOK | Common name of the US band who had a 1972 hit with Sylvia's Mother (2,4) |
| CAROM | From the name of the red ball in billiards, word for a cannon in said game, thus any ricochet or rebound (5) |
| HONG | Vietnamese name of the Red River (with "Song") |
