| PALAEONTOLOGIST | Fossil expert, aware of fallen tree, is absorbed by formation of a petal (15) |
| RAFT | Drift of fallen tree trunks; a flock of floating penguins or puffins; a group of resting otters; or, a flat boat made of logs, such as Kon-Tiki (4) |
| STUMPS | Perplexes with remains of fallen trees (6) |
| LEVELHEADEDNESS | Feature of 27, the opposite of fallen arches? (15) |
| UNGUIS | Zoological Latin for a claw/nail, thus, in botany, a talon-like base of a petal (6) |
| GRID | A back-formation of a word for a metal cooking frame, used to describe a lattice, mesh or network of intersecting horizontal/vertical lines; or, the face, particularly when lined (4) |
| ONOMATOPOEIA | Formation of a word by imitation of the sound of what it describes (12) |
| LOG | Record of a ship's voyage or of a pilot's flying hours; or, a fallen tree trunk cleared of branches (3) |
| ETA | When to expect guests to arrive for Christmas lunch is found in the middle of a petal! (1,1,1) |
| WEARISOME | Attention is absorbed by a lot of females of limited attraction? |
| MENOT | Part of a petal-plucking phrase |
| SEPAL | Neighbor of a petal |
| LAZYDAISY | Stitch in the form of a petal (4,5) |
| PERCEPT | Mental image is the basic component in the formation of a concept. (7) |
| BONDING | The formation of a close attachment, especially that between a mother and child (7) |
| TAOIST | Follower of eastern philosophy is absorbed by odd parts of that holy book (6) |
| RAY | A ___ floret is a strap-shaped outer flower like a petal (3) |
| CATALOGUE | List of goods includes feline, a fallen tree and half a clue (9) |
| DERIVATIONAL | Relating to the formation of a word from its root |
| ENDOCRINE | English medic is absorbed by inner working of glands (9) |
