| CABBAGEWHITE | Discouraged from brassicas by use of nasturtium as a decoy, a butterfly related to the orange tip, clouded yellow, dainty sulphur, Cleopatra and brimstone (7,5) |
| PIERID | From the Latin for "Muse", a butterfly in a family that includes the brimstone, cabbage-white, clouded yellow, cloudless sulphur, creamy marblewing and the orange-tip (6) |
| OSAGE | ___ orange (fruit that's not actually related to the orange) |
| STOOLPIGEON | Is the decoy a sitting bird? (5-6) |
| DETERRED | Discouraged from doing |
| SCOUR | Discouraged from holding search. (5) |
| EPIPEN | Emergency device with an orange tip |
| BAIT | Decoy a bit funny looking (4) |
| ASCENT | Measured by use of an altimeter, a climb to the summit of a mountain (6) |
| LURE | Use a form of enticement as a decoy (4) |
| TOMTHUMB | "Pollex"-sized hero of English folklore whose tininess inspired the names of various small plants and vegetables, including a birdsfoot trefoil, a butterhead lettuce, a dwarf snapdragon and a nasturti |
| PIPER | A baby pigeon; a broken-winded wheezing horse; a decoy dog; genus of "poivre"; or, a musette player (5) |
| URANUS | The first solar system planet identified as such by use of a telescope |
| IMAGE | General name for a visible representation obtained by use of MRI, ultrasound or EMR such as X-ray (5) |
| SIEVED | Separated or removed lumps, materials, etc by use of a container with a mesh bottom (6) |
| WELLS | Excavations leading to water in underground aquifers that is drawn by use of a pump or bucket (5) |
| SETI | Acronym for a project seeking distant intelligence, partly by use of a screensaver available 1999-2020 |
| TABLATURE | System of writing down music to be performed other than by use of notes (9) |
| CONY | Tiny bit of nasturtium eaten by shy rabbit (4) |
| GLEAM | A hybrid series of nasturtium ... shine like polished metal (5) |