| BEDDINGPLANT | General term for an annual bloom in a container or garden plot (7,5) |
| HOTBED | A forcing-ground or garden plot whose speedy raising of plants by heat is proverbial for a place where problems incubate, troubles blossom or unrosy seeds of strife are sown (6) |
| FLOWERBED | Where the river runs or annuals bloom (6,3) |
| APRICOT | Endless staple food put in a container - or fruit (7) |
| SPILLS | Causes (liquid) to swirl round in a container or cavity (6) |
| BIRTHDAYCAKE | For the present time, Madeira, for one, is popular for an annual blow-out? (8,4) |
| GLYNDEBOURNE | East Sussex estate famous for an annual festival of opera founded in 1934 |
| HOLYTHURSDAY | One name for an annual Last Supper commemoration |
| DOP | Afrikaans word for a husk or empty nutshell; pomace brandy; a tot of wine; a drink container or lid; a little copper cup in which a diamond is secured while being cut; or, a cartridge-case (3) |
| VESSEL | Ship or other watercraft; a container; or, a structure in the vascular system, such as a vein (6) |
| HOLDER | Another word for a container or receptacle; Slade vocalist; or, a defending champion (6) |
| INQUISITOR | General term for an official during a historical era such as the ecclesiastical tribunal established |
| ADVENTURER | General term for an explorer engaging in daring feats, mountaineering etc (10) |
| FELINE | A general term for an animal of the cat family (6) |
| LUCKYDIP | A container or tub in which to draw a prize (5,3) |
| SILO | A container or tower on a farm, for storing grass, grain, etc (4) |
| SEA | General term for an expanse where "white horses" may be observed (3) |
| WATERWEED | General term for an aquatic plant of the genus Elodea (9) |
| OSSUARY | A container or room in which the bones of dead people are placed (7) |
| MALTA | In 1530, an island received by the Knights Hospitaller in a perpetual lease from the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in exchange for an annual fee of a falcon (5) |
