| PLANTS | Described and illustrated in floras and herbals, eukaryotes such as lavenders, mints, thymes, roses and geraniums whose essential oils are used in aromatherapy (6) |
| FLORA | Plant life collectively or a type of book in which it is identified, described and illustrated; or, the Roman goddess of spring and blossoming plants (5) |
| CHARLES | 22 of the 27 15 compiled herbals in Savoy (7,7) |
| FAUNA | All animal life, as in flora and ___ (5) |
| EVE | Hewson in "Flora and Son" |
| AMEBAS | Tiny eukaryotes |
| PROTOZOA | Informal term for single-cell eukaryotes (8) |
| HERB | Once distinguished in botanica-like shops as either freshly gathered or cut and dried, hence the phrase, fragrant plants such as lavender, mint, rosemary, sage or thyme (4) |
| ESSENTIAL | ___ oils, such as lavender and peppermint |
| SHRUB | Horticultural term for a woody plant such as lavender or daphne |
| BANTAMS | Small chickens such as lavender pekins, sebrights or nankins (7) |
| HAECKEL | Scientific artist who coined the terms ecology and stem cell, and illustrated his microscopic findings in Artforms in Nature (7) |
| WITHKNOBSON | Chest of drawers could be so described - and something more |
| MICROSCOPE | Magnifying device described and popularised for scientific use by Robert Hooke (10) |
| ASTHMA | Respiratory disorder first described and named ('to breathe hard') by the Greek physician Hippocrates circa 450 BC (6) |
| CAMOMILE | Aromatic creeping herb with downy leaves used in infusions and herbal medicine (8) |
| PLAYHIDEANDSEEK | Participate in a common children's game, as illustrated in this puzzle |
| FREESTYLESKIING | Winter Olympics discipline, as illustrated in this puzzle's theme entries (and title) |
| AGEE | Jon who wrote and illustrated "Smart Feller, Fart Smeller and Other Spoonerisms" |
| ASTERIX | Character in a series of French comic books written by Rene Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo |
