| SMILAX | Genus name of sarsaparilla (6) |
| NEPETA | Genus name of catmint (catnip) (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 |
| ARALIA | Large widely distributed genus of shrubs, trees, and vines which includes devil's walking-stick and bristly sarsaparilla (6) |
| 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) |
| SALOON | Place to order a sarsaparilla |
| SAP | Vegetable extract of sarsaparilla (3) |
| ARIL | In botany, an extract of sarsaparilla (4) |
| 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) |
| BUTEO | Latin/genus name of the buzzard (5) |
| ERICA | Genus name of heather (5) |
| LONICERA | Genus name of honeysuckle (8) |
| CENTRANTHUS | The genus name of red valerian (11) |
| RIBES | Genus name of redcurrants, blackcurrants and gooseberries (5) |
