| NIGELLA | Genus of 'love-in-a-mist' plant - eg all in disarray (7) |
| WRIGGLES | Twists and turns for women and girls, e.g., all over the place (8) |
| RATTLES | Sounds of love-in-a-mist seedheads when shaken - baby toys? (7) |
| ANNUALS | Sow hardy ___ such as love-in-a-mist into gaps in borders (7) |
| NEILLIA | Small shrub with pink, bell-shaped racemes - ie all in disarray (7) |
| MITFORD | Author of ' Love in a Cold Climate', Nancy ---- (7) |
| LATERAL | Side shoot of a tomato plant, eg (7) |
| LATICES | Milky juices of some plants, eg of rubber trees (7) |
| AQUATIC | Describes plants eg in genus Thalia or Nymphaea (7) |
| TREFOIL | Three-leaved plant, eg clover (7) |
| UPROOTS | Pulls out a plant, eg |
| ANEMONE | Woodland plant, eg the windflower (7) |
| ALPINES | Mountain plants eg Helianthemum and Dianthus (7) |
| DOGROSE | Thorny flowering plant, e.g. witches' briar (3, 4) |
| USASSET | Toyota's Ky. plant, e.g. |
| ELALAMEIN | English all in disarray with a mine exploding in battle (2,7) |
| ALCHEMILLA | - mollis; English country-garden plant known as lady's mantle that can be paired with camomile, love-in-a-mist, delphinium, lily of the valley, cow parsley etc in summer flower arrangements (10) |
| TIMIDITY | "The first symptom of love in a young man is _, in a girl boldness": Victor Hugo (8) |
| ANECDOTE | A tale of love in a decent novel |
| NANCYMITFORD | Author of Love in a Cold Climate (5,7) |
