| THALLIUM | Element, atomic no. 81, whose name meaning "green shoot" refers to the green line in its spectrum (8) |
| INDIUM | Element with two deep-blue lines in its spectrum |
| CAESIUM | Atomic no. 55, whose name, from Latin for "sky blue", refers to the unique blue lines of its spectrum and colour of its flame (7) |
| RIFLERANGE | Where to see frail green shoot? (5,5) |
| COTYLEDON | First green shoot led tycoon astray |
| RIDGE | PlusWord No 81 |
| PRISM | Device that splits light into its spectrum (5) |
| LUPIN | Papilionaceous plant related to the pea whose name, meaning "wolfish", pertains to the belief that said "bluebonnet" ravenously depleted the soil of its nutrients (5) |
| DATE | Palm fruit whose name, meaning "finger", refers to the shape of the plant's leaves; or, any one of the specified days of the month represented on a calendar (4) |
| COCO | A tropical beach palm whose name, meaning "grinning face", refers to the three marks on each of its large nut-like seeds, thought to resemble a grotesque face (4) |
| SCAUPS | Blue-billed ducks sometimes wintering in a Scottish firth such as Forth, whose name, meaning "mussel beds", refers to their feeding ground (6) |
| RUBIDIUM | Reactive silver-white metallic element named for the red lines prominent in its emission spectrum (8) |
| ENGINEER | Train man on the Green Line bypassing the 'L' |
| RAINBOWS | Arc-shaped displays in the sky of the colours of the spectrum (8) |
| PATCHOULI | Plant of the mint family, its name derived from Tamil meaning "green leaf" |
| TRIFLE | Layered pudding of cream, custard, jelly and sponge cake whose name, meaning "thing of little significance", is apt, for it is of little consequence to make and very easy to eat (6) |
| MOSSTRANSIT | The Green Line? |
| NICOSIA | The 'Green Line' divides this European capital city |
| BEIRUT | Lebanese city divided by the Green Line? (6) |
| CENTRIST | One who supports a party in the middle of the political spectrum (8) |
