| GREENTEA | Drink made from Camelia sinensis leaves (5,3) |
| TEA | Drink made from Camellia sinensis leaves (3) |
| BLACKTEA | Ceylon, Earl Grey, English breakfast ... beverage brewed from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis assamica plant (5,3) |
| REINDEER | Former name of Wisteria sinensis f. alba 'Jako' - one provider of Christmas transport? (8) |
| CHA | Informal name for a hot brew of Camellia sinensis leaves, aka tea (3) |
| FLOR | "Crisantemo o camelia" |
| ALA | "The Camelia State": abbr. |
| SOMERS | B&B'S Camelia (Charlotte) |
| AUX | Dumas's "La Dame ___ Camelias" |
| DUMAS | Alexandre, French author of La Dame aux camelias (5) |
| ORANGEJUICE | Drink from Citrus x sinensis - and others like it! (6,5) |
| BERNHARDT | Depicted in posters by Alphonse Mucha, actress who portrayed Marguerite in a theatrical version of La Dame aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas fils (9) |
| VERDI | Giuseppe -; composer who based his opera La Traviata on Alexandre Dumas fils's novel and play La Dame aux Camelias (5) |
| FILS | Alexandre Dumas ___ (one way to refer to the author of "La Dame aux Camelias") |
| LATRAVIATA | Three-act opera by Verdi based on the novel "La dame aux camelias" (2,8) |
| ICEDTEA | Cold beverage brewed from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant (4,3) |
| TEABAG | Sachet of herbs or dried leaves of Camellia sinensis for infusion (6) |
| ASSAM | High-quality black tea from NE India, a variety of Camellia sinensis (5) |
| TEAGARDEN | A plantation of Camellia sinensis or, an open-air restaurant or roji serving cha, chai, matcha or other infusions of said plant's dried leaves (3,6) |
| UNDINE | Variety of Miscanthus sinensis named after a water nymph (6) |