| MIGNONETTE | From the French meaning "little darling", the plant reseda or its shade of green; lace from Arras; or, sauce for oysters (10) |
| DYERS | The plant Reseda luteola, once used to produce yellow pigment, is also known as ___'_ weed (5) |
| DEARTH | Darling, the endless scarcity! (6) |
| MERLOT | Derived from the French meaning "little blackbird", a variety of red wine from grapes grown in Bordeaux or California (6) |
| ROULETTE | Casino game named after the French meaning "little wheel"; or, a tiny incision on a sheet of stamps, similar to a perforation (8) |
| PELOTON | From the French meaning "small ball", word for the main body of riders in a cycle race (7) |
| VIMY | The Battle of --- Ridge, part of the Battle of Arras during the First World War (4) |
| DYERSROCKET | Eurasian plant in the genus Reseda once cultivated as the source of a bright yellow dye (5,6) |
| BASE | Lowest part or edge of something, as in ___ rocket (the alternative name for wild mignonette, Reseda lutea) (4) |
| SWEETHEART | From the start, he was crazy about the little darling |
| RESEDA | Any plant of the genus Reseda. |
| HERE | "Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely Winter..." - The Beatles, "___ Comes the Sun" |
| SOMBRERO | Gloomy or just keeping back in its shade? (8) |
| BARON | A noble type of lace from Barcelona (5) |
| VIMYRIDGE | Escarpment on the northern flank of the Arras front that gave its name to a World War I battle in April 1917 (4,5) |
| SCARPE | Three First World War battles were named after this river of the Arras area of northern France (6) |
| TAPESTRY | Traditionally made at the Gobelins factory in Paris. a decorative woven textile for an arras, portiere or piece of furniture (8) |
| HEUCHERA | Funny hue by red borders of reseda plant genus (8) |
| HERECOMESTHESUN | Beatles song with the lyric "Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winter" |
| CEDAR | Its shade helps make a place dark (5) |
