| TRIMMED | End of privet edged and pruned |
| DEAD | Periodically edged, ... and finally gone |
| KNOTGARDEN | Type of parterre consisting of an intricate pattern of fragrant herbs and pruned topiary planted in "ribbons" within a square frame (4,6) |
| PUNCTURED | Pierced, cut and pruned badly (9) |
| VETCH | Plant a bit of privet in front of the church |
| EDGE | Line of privet is topped off at the side (4) |
| THRIVE | After regrowth, last pair snip edges of privet so that it will flourish |
| HEDGE | Row of privets (5) |
| AGERATINA | Genus of New World perennials of the daisy family such as the Privet-leaved ___ (9) |
| OLIVE | Oily fruit of a tree related to ash, jasmine, lilac and privet (5) |
| OLEA | Genus of evergreen trees and shrubs to which the olives belong, related to the ash, privet, jasmine etc. (4) |
| OLEACEAE | Family of jasmine and privet etc... some sole 'ace' aeonium (8) |
| PETUNIA | Trailing ornamental flower of a garden bed, border or hanging basket; or, Harry Potter's muggle aunt of 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging (7) |
| DEPRIVE | Strip of wide privet some joker removed (7) |
| HEDGES | Privet and leylandii, e.g. (6) |
| MIGNONETTE | Shrub or tree, also called Egyptian privet, a source of henna (10) |
| SHRUB | Type of plant such as camellia, daphne, hydrangea, lilac or privet (5) |
| WAVEDUMBER | Brown moth resembling tree bark whose larvae feed on garden privet and lilac (5,5) |
| CANDIDIOR | Galatea, "whiter" than a leaf of white privet, Ovid Met. 13.789 |
| TOPIARIST | Word for a "fancy gardener" or plant sculptor who clips living bay, boxwood, holly, privet or yew trees into ornamental shapes as enduring works of art in the landscape (9) |
