| BUGLOSS | Effect of insecticide in type of borage (7) |
| DOGSTONGUE | Type of borage is soon tugged, oddly! (4-6) |
| ANCHUSA | Blue-flowering plant of borage family - found in ranch, US, amazingly (7) |
| ALKANET | Bit of borage seen on ant swimming in lake (7) |
| EHRETIA | Exotic, quite hardy tree of borage family, - - - - - - - dicksonii or anacua (7) |
| HERBTEA | Insecticide in this place comes with a drink |
| SYRINGE | Spray shrub briefly with last of insecticide |
| EMBARGO | Official restriction on trade of wild borage around beginning of May (7) |
| HERBARY | Type of potager or physic garden devoted to culinary or medicinal plants such as borage, hyssop, lavender, lemon balm, marjoram, mint and tansy (7) |
| COMFREY | Plant of the borage family cultivated for me in county's borders (7) |
| GEARBOX | At times borage could be used to control your speed (7) |
| MEUM | Genus of the herb, spignel - mother includes last of borage (4) |
| VIPERSBUGLOSS | Plant of borage family |
| POTTAGE | Word, once synonymous with oatmeal porridge, for a thick soup or stew traditionally prepared from veg or herbs harvested from one's kitchen garden forage - from beans, beets and broccoli to bay leaves |
| LEAFPRESERVER | Insecticide, in a way? |
| DDT | An insecticide in the middle, at last, initially |
| FLIT | Brand-name insecticide in spray form since 1928 (4) |
| ADDTO | Increase one form of insecticide with oxygen (3,2) |
| BUGBOMBS | Cans that release a fog of insecticide: 2 wds. |
| SECT | A branch of insecticide |
