| NEPETA | Genus name of catmint (catnip) (6) |
| KIT | Apt name for this neat, compact variety of catmint (3,3) |
| CAT | Apt name for this neat, compact variety of catmint (3,3) |
| SMILAX | Genus name of sarsaparilla (6) |
| CATNIP | Plant of the genus Nepeta also called catmint (6) |
| RESEDA | Latin or genus name of the fragrant flowering plant mignonette; or, a palegreen Pantone colour (6) |
| COSMOS | Genus name of an annual plant with pink or white flowers attractive to bees, butterflies and sometim |
| INTACT | Whole portion of finest catnip is on the counter |
| MEOWED | Cried out for catnip |
| AROUSE | What catnip does, if you're a cat |
| CATMOM | Woman buying litter and catnip-filled toys |
| PETTOY | Catnip mouse or squeaky ball |
| ATOMIC | Cat starts to inhale catnip after a minute |
| EOS | Greek word for dawn, given as the genus name of a species of lory with red-and-blue plumage, reminiscent of the colours of the sky at daybreak (3) |
| PONGO | Genus name of the orang-utan; or, the nickname of the Drones Club character Reginald Twistleton (5) |
| VIOLA | Heroine of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night; genus name of the pansy; or, an instrument in the chordophone family (5) |
| AGAPANTHUS | Latin or genus name of a plant with blue or white flowers, commonly called lily of the Nile (10) |
| UPUPA | Imitative of its call, the Latin or genus name of the hoopoe (5) |
| NELUMBO | Genus name of the sacred lotus (7) |
| LINUM | Genus name of the linen plant flax (5) |
