| LEUCOJUM | Convoluted jumbo clue yielding black group of snowflakes |
| JETSET | Black group of carefree travellers. (3,3) |
| EBONIES | Trees yielding black wood |
| NIGELLA | ___ is a ranunculaceous plant yielding black cumin (7) |
| SCURRY | Word for a group of squirrels; a short sprint in horse-racing; or, a swirling mass of snowflakes (6) |
| NOTWOAREALIKE | Description of snowflakes ... and the letters within each of the answers to the starred clues |
| FLURRY | Commotion; whirl of snowflakes (6) |
| ARIZ | Home of Snowflake, which, ironically, gets very little snow: Abbr. |
| SIX | Number of snowflake points |
| ACIS | Genus of snowflake flowers (formerly Leucojum) - held by pharmacist (4) |
| BENTLEY | Wilson -; meteorologist who was a pioneer in the field of snowflake photomicrography (7) |
| BLOT | Black group in disgrace |
| ACDC | "Back In Black" group |
| CIA | "Men in Black" group (abbr.) |
| SLEET | Globular, generally transparent ice pellets that have diameters of 5 mm (0.2 inch) or less and that form as a result of the freezing of raindrops or the freezing of mostly melted snowflakes. |
| SPRINKLES | Hundreds-and-thousands, vermicelli or other tiny beads/strands of sugar for cakes; or, light scatterings of pepper, rain, snowflakes etc (9) |
| HEAPS | Agglomerations of chocolates, conifer needles, fallen leaves, firewood, mince pies, presents under Christmas trees, roasted chestnuts or snowflakes; or, mounds or masses of things generally (5) |
| THENUTCRACKER | Waltz of the Snowflakes features in which ballet by Tchaikovsky? (3,10) |
| OLENELLUS | Snowflake periodically baleful, upsetting group of old fossils |
| ISAOTOMITA | Japanese composer whose albums of electronic music include Snowflakes Are Dancing and Pictures at an Exhibition (4,6) |
