| CONSOLIDA | Genus of delphinium-like larkspur - I put in cool sand, perhaps (9) |
| BLUE | Like larkspur |
| LANDSCAPE | Painting depicting natural scenery of place with sand, perhaps (9) |
| HOLLYHOCK | Tall flower ranging in colour from pastel peach to cassis; a stalwart of herbaceous borders and cottage gardens with delphiniums, lupins and foxgloves (9) |
| BUTTERCUP | Yellow wild flower Ranunculus in the family that includes delphiniums, marsh marigolds, lesser celandines aconites and wood anemones (9) |
| LARKSPUR | Delphinium-like plant named for its apparent alauda-claw-like flowers (8) |
| LARKSPURS | Another name for delphiniums (9) |
| NIGELLA | Genus of the devil-in-a-bush or love-in-a-mist that shares its family with the buttercup, granny's bonnet, larkspur and queen of poisons (7) |
| SPUR | Word linking with "lark" for a common name of delphinium (4) |
| PACIFIC | Ocean lending its name to a tall-growing series of delphinium hybrids (7) |
| LARK | Songbird associated with daybreak and frolicking; or, with "red", a type of delphinium (4) |
| OSTRICHLIKE | Having one's head in the sand perhaps (7-4) |
| JULY | With symbols including delphinium/larkspur, Leo, oak, ruby and water lily, a month originally called Quintilis, during which its eponymous calendar-devising Roman general, Caesar, was born (4) |
| HYACINTH | Word that refers to a blue gem of the ancients, possibly aquamarine or sapphire; cinnamon stone; brown, red or yellow zircon; purple of various hues; a bluebell/larkspur that sprang from the blood of |
| SOS | Letters in the sand, perhaps |
| DARE | Draw a line in the sand, perhaps |
| ANTS | Lines in the sand, perhaps |
| HULA | Sway in the sand, perhaps |
| TANLINES | Marks in the sand, perhaps |
| DARED | Drew a line in the sand, perhaps |
