| NUPHAR | Genus of the so-called 'yellow waterlily', or Japanese pond lily (6) |
| NUPHARLUTEA | The so-called 'yellow waterlily', or Japanese pond lily (6,5) |
| DALAILAMA | Leader of the so-called "Yellow Hat" sect |
| CERCIS | Genus of the so-called Judas tree (6) |
| AZALEA | Rhododendron luteum is commonly called yellow ___ (6) |
| INDOCALAMUS | Genus of the so-called 'large-leaved bamboo' which, arguably, has the largest leaves of any bamboo in cultivation (11) |
| TIBOUCHINA | Genus of the so-called 'glory bush' from Brazil (10) |
| OSAKAN | Resident of the so-called "Chicago of Japan" |
| NORWAY | Country - and one of the so-called Brexit options? (6) |
| TRAITS | Distinguishing characteristics of the so-called serving platters (6) |
| MARIAH | First name of the so-called "Queen of Christmas" |
| SOMALI | Resident of the so-called "Nation of Poets" |
| TAIWAN | One of the so-called "Four Asian Tigers" |
| DAHLIA | Blooming in all colours apart from blue, Mexico's national flower whose types include pompon, ball, waterlily, collarette and anemoneflowered, or powder puff (6) |
| CERF | Vint ___, one of the so-called "fathers of the Internet" |
| KEELS | One of the founders of the so-called Tractarian movement (5) |
| BANKS | Many of the so-called "too big to fail" companies of the Great Recession |
| PERPIGNAN | French town located at the foot of the Pyrenees near the border with Spain, in the 13th century it was the continental capital of the then Kingdom of Mallorca (9) |
| LOTUS | Genus of eg bird's foot trefoil, etc; also type of pond lily (5) |
| IONIANSEA | Setting of the so-called "Seven Islands" of Greece |
