| TAGETES | From the name of an Etruscan god who sprang from the ploughed earth, the botanical name of marigolds (7) |
| AGROSTEMMA | From the Greek for "garland of fields", the botanical name of the corncockles whose association with agricultural landscapes dates back some 4,000 years (10) |
| SEPTEMFID | Pest fed first of marigolds - I specially like the summer gentian! |
| ANI | Etruscan god of the sky |
| TINIA | Chief Etruscan god |
| MARSHY | Swampy found type of marigold before end of day (6) |
| COCO | 2017 film that features a bridge made of marigold petals |
| GATSBY | Title fictional character who "sprang from his Platonic conception of himself" |
| ATHENA | Goddess who sprang from her father's head |
| SIENA | This Italian city was originally an Etruscan settlement that grew to become ancient Roman city. Its cathedral was begun in the 12th century in the Romanesque style but transformed in the 13th century |
| HEATHER | That man ploughed earth for Erica (7) |
| HARROWED | Broke up (ploughed earth) |
| UNI | An Etruscan goddess |
| TILTH | Hard going on slope in ploughed earth |
| HYACINTH | From an old word for a blue gem thought to be an aquamarine or a sapphire, a larkspur that sprang from the blood of a lover of Apollo; a pink, purple, violet or white liliaceous spring flower; or, cin |
| PEGASUS | It is described at the winged horse that sprang from the blood of Medusa when killed by Perseus. In Henry IV, Part 1 (act 4, scene 1), the Dauphin says of this horse: "To turn and wind a fiery ___ / A |
| ASH | With the botanical name Fraxinus, "firelight", an oleaceous tree with winged seeds called keys for their apparent resemblance to keys used in medieval locks; the powdery remains of combustion; or, lig |
| ASIA | Containing both the highest and the lowest points on Earth, the largest of the world's continents (4) |
| ANEMONES | According to Greek mythology, flowers that sprang from the tears of Aphrodite as she mourned Adonis |
| PLANT | From the Old English for "seedling" and the Latin for "sprout, cutting", any one of the botanical organisms forming Earth's collective flora including fern, herb and moss (5) |
