| STOLONS | Creeping roots or runners of plants including mint and lamb's ears (7) |
| GREEN | Communal grassy area at the centre of a village; a closely-mown plot for bowls; or, a colour with shades including mint and sage (5) |
| HERBAL | Book describing the culinary and medicinal uses of plants including mint, rosemary, sage, thyme or any of those sold in a botanica (6) |
| HERBAGE | Right of pasture; vegetation such as grass for grazing; or, plants including mint, parsley, rosemary and thyme collectively (7) |
| DIEBACK | The progressive death of twigs, branches, roots or shoots, starting from the tip (7) |
| ORIGINS | Roots or source of inspiration with spirits (7) |
| MESCLUN | Provencal salad containing a mixture of young greens and flowers such as rocket, dandelion leaves, chervil, endive and lamb's lettuce (7) |
| STACHYS | Retiring Kitty's oddly shy, producing lamb's ears (7) |
| RADICLE | Tiny root, or branch of a nerve or vein |
| ROOTLET | Small root or division of a root (7) |
| COHABIT | What lions and lambs rarely do |
| LABRATS | Runners of experiments |
| RODENTS | Runners of experiments |
| GOLFERS | Runners of errands welcoming learner drivers, perhaps? |
| SCARLET | Fever, pimpernel or runner? (7) |
| HARRIER | Hound or runner (7) |
| ATHLETE | Swimmer or runner, e.g. |
| STRAW | Stalks of cereals, thought to be like runners of "fraise" plants; a single stem of grain; a drinking tube; or, a whit (5) |
| BOBS | Weights of pendulums; runners of racing sleds; or, dialect for bunches of cherries (4) |
| SEEDS | Grains, ovules or pips for sowing - the origins, roots or starts of apples, offspring and sunflowers, as well as ideas and Wimbledon favourites (5) |
