| GENTIANA | Genus of a (usually) blue-flowering Alpine plant (8) |
| GENTIAN | Mostly blue-flowering alpine of which acaulis, sino-ornata and verna are species (7) |
| SAPPHIRE | Clear, hard, usually blue variety of corundum used as a gemstone (8) |
| AUDIENCE | A gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance (8) |
| SWEETPEA | Tiny township's borders covered by the blue flowering plant |
| DUMPLING | A usually baked dessert of fruit wrapped in dough (8) |
| SUBTOPIA | A (usually unsightly) spread of housing developments into rural areas |
| EMPANADA | In Spanish and Latin American cookery, a pasty with a usually savoury filling |
| CROCKERY | Earthenware vessels common originally where alpine plants grow |
| HOMEOTIC | Relating to or being a gene producing a usually major shift in structural development |
| LAKEEYRE | A usually dry salt pan that is Australia's largest body of salt water when full (4,4) |
| TERI | Girl's version of a usually unisex name |
| PINNA | Division of a usually pinnately divided leaf. |
| ROOFTOP | Top of a (usually flat) roof (7) |
| RADIOBEACON | Nondirectional transmitter of a usually constant signal |
| PUN | Wordplay in the form of a usually terrible joke (3) |
| KALANCHOE | What is the common name and genus of a succulent plant of Africa, Madagascar and Asia that's a commo |
| APIS | Genus of a melliferous honeycomb architect living in a house of wax; or, a sacred Egyptian bull, housed with great reverence in stone (4) |
| IBERIS | Genus of a flowering plant commonly called candytuft (6) |
| EURYBIA | I buy a, er, unusual genus of a daisy-like plant (7) |
