| KLEIN | Gardeners' World co-presenter whose book, Life in a Cottage Garden, accompanies the television series of the same name (5) |
| JAMESMAY | Ex-Top Gear presenter whose book Notes From The Hard Shoulder was published in 2007 (5,3) |
| PANSY | Also known as heart's-ease or three-faces-under-a-hood, a cottage garden viola suitable for crystallising or pressing; or, a soft bluish-purple or vibrant violet colour, reminiscent of said flower's p |
| LUPIN | One of the traditional herbaceous perennials used to form a cottage garden with delphiniums, foxgloves, hollyhocks, aquilegia etc (5) |
| SNUG | Cosy room in a cottage or pub; or, the joiner in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (4) |
| ELGAR | Edward ___, composer born in a cottage in Worcestershire in 1857 (5) |
| BORDER | Herbaceous -; description of an area in a cottage/rural garden generally filled with various perenni |
| FAIRY | Mythical creature lives in a cottage on the Manx Electric Railway (5) |
| GRANT | Russell ___, astrologer and television presenter whose books include The Real Counties of Britain (5) |
| ICKE | David ___, former footballer and television presenter whose books include Children of the Matrix (4) |
| RUSSELL | Astrologer and television presenter whose books include The Real Counties of Britain |
| GRYLLS | Bear ?, adventurer and television presenter whose books include Facing the Frozen Ocean and Born Survivor |
| RUSSELLGRANT | Astrologer and television presenter whose books include The Real Counties of Britain |
| PETRICHOR | A pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather (9) |
| AGITATE | In campaign, soldiers given shelter in a cottage abroad (7) |
| WELSHDRESSER | Type of sideboard for crockery, milk jugs, Cornishware etc, traditionally found in a cottage, farmhouse or large old country house with a scullery (5,7) |
| ALYSSUM | The name of this cottage garden annual derives from the Latin meaning 'without rabies', a reference to its use in herblore |
| NIGELLA | Genus of love-in-a-mist, a self-seeding cottage garden flower often appearing in paving or herbaceous borders (7) |
| LION | Which animal accompanies the unicorn in the Royal arms? (4) |
| ESCORT | He accompanies the commanding officer with the rest deployed around (6) |
