| ABSINTHE | Drink known historically as the 'green fairy' (8) |
| LORDLYON | Chief herald of Scotland, known historically as the High Sennachie (4,4) |
| SHAHALAM | Capital of the Malaysian state of Selangor, known historically as Sungai Renggam (4,4) |
| MEDELLIN | Colombian city, known historically for gold and coffee (8) |
| OVALTINE | Drink known for its 'chocolatey' malt flavour |
| MUNGBEAN | Edible seed of the Asian plant Vigna radiata, also known as the green gram (4,4) |
| MERCURY | Toxic metallic element known historically as hydrargyrum (Latin, 'liquid silver') (7) |
| LAOS | Landlocked country of Southeast Asia, known historically as Lan Xang (4) |
| HEDGE | A bushy boundary or fence, known historically as a haw (5) |
| ANISE | Popular with the Parisian bohemians, the 'green fairy' liquor Absinthe is flavoured with this liquor |
| KYLIE | The Green Fairy in Moulin Rouge, singer ... Minogue |
| ABSINTHEBITE | Tang from the "green fairy"? |
| SEVENUP | Drink known as "The Uncola", once |
| ACONITE | Plant also known as monkshood, used historically as a poison (7) |
| GIN | Drink known as "mother's ruin" |
| NAIROBI | Kenyan city known as the Green City in the Sun |
| TANG | Powdered orange drink known for being taken into space by astronauts |
| NANNING | Known as the Green City, the capital of Guangxi in southern China (7) |
| DIANA | And 8 English model and fitness expert known as the Green Goddess (5,5) |
| MORAN | Surname of Diana who was better known as the Green Goddess in the 1980s (5) |
