| KNAP | Crest of a hill, as in the flowering quince variety '___ Hill Scarlet' (4) |
| TOR | Craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, as in the hosta variety 'Devon ___' (3) |
| JAPONICA | Quince variety (8) |
| CHAENOMELES | Genus of the flowering quince (11) |
| COMB | A bee's structure for storing honey; a wool-spinner's device used with a card; an implement used as a hair detangler or a homemade kazoo; or, the crest of a chicken/hen (4) |
| TUBE | Old word for a telescope; slang word for a television; the hollow under the crest of a breaking wave; a container for oil paint, tomato puree or toothpaste; or, a pipe (4) |
| BROW | The crest of a hill |
| JULY | Known to the Anglo-Saxons as Haymonath or Maedmonath, respectively referring to haymaking and the flowering of the meadows, a month named after a Caesar (4) |
| ASTI | Province of Piedmont, Italy, as in the osteospermum variety '___ White' (4) |
| HIGH | Hanging baskets are hung here, as in the tree peony variety '___ Noon'! (4) |
| SURF | To ride on the crest of a wave standing or lying on a special board (4) |
| STEP | Garden stair, as in the narcissus variety '___ Child' (4) |
| SERF | One bound on a crest of a wave, we hear (4) |
| BEAU | Man much concerned with his dress and appearance, as in the shrub rose '___ Narcisse' and the flowering onion Allium '___ Regard' (4) |
| SLAP | Welsh star in top variety ___ minor hit (4,2,3,5) |
| FOAM | Frothy stuff on the crest of a wave |
| GAS | State of matter different from the solid and liquid states, as found in the flowering plant agastache! (3) |
| CURATOR | The low-bred dog on a hill as seen in a museum (7) |
| BOLL | Beetle variety, ___ weevil |
| EARL | Tea variety, ___ Grey |
