| CARBORUNDUM | Crystals of silicon carbide, used in a block or 'stone' by gardeners as an abrasive for sharpening tools (11) |
| CATAPULT | A ballista, onager, trebuchet or Y-shaped slingshot for hurling boulders or stones by means of potential and kinetic energy (8) |
| LADYBIRDS | Colourful insects esteemed by gardeners as natural pest controllers (9) |
| CHRIS | A leading UK environmentalist / wildlife gardener - as in birches, maybe (5,6) |
| BAINES | A leading UK environmentalist / wildlife gardener - as in birches, maybe (5,6) |
| RASPY | Being abrasive for sungod to see |
| EMERY | Abrasive for polishing |
| DANGERS | Hazards are not covered by gardener as arranged (7) |
| SNOWFLAKE | Any one of a flurry or blizzard of dainty white frozen hexagonally symmetrical crystals of "glace" thus, an Arctic bunting forming a swirling drift-like flock; or, a Galanthus-like St Agnes' flower, a |
| ABACUS | A block or tablet on the capital of a classical architectural column; or, a frame with beads for counting units, tens, hundreds etc, that is the ancient ancestor of the modern calculator (6) |
| CHOCK | A block or wedge of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object (5) |
| PAINT | Word for pigment or watercolour; a block or cake of said matter; coloured cosmetics; or, a piebald horse (5) |
| MOCKSUNS | Atmospheric parhelia, aka spots of light, ridiculing Helios/Sol by appearing in said star's halo as a result of refraction by crystals of ice (4,4) |
| FLAKE | A chip or sliver; a single crystal of ice or snow; a crumbly chocolate bar; fish food; or, a Stone-Age flint tool (5) |
| KNAP | What is to shape a stone by striking it, to make a tool or a flat stone for building walls? (4) |
| STAMP | A block or die for impressing a date, design, device etc; or, a postage label which evolved from this (5) |
| BATHCUBE | A block or "bomb" of fragrant substances fizzed in a tub of water prior to performing one's ablutions (8) |
| NEAPOLITAN | Strawberry, chocolate and vanilla ice cream in a block; a classic pizza with a topping of tomatoes, basil and mozzarella representing the colours of the Italian flag; or, another name for the Parma vi |
| TENEMENT | A set of rooms forming a residence in a block of flats, especially in Scotland (8) |
| TRANCHE | A block or portion, especially of money or an issue of shares (7) |
