| VANESSA | Genus of thistle butterflies, or name coined by Jonathan Swift (7) |
| SERRATULA | Genus of thistle-like plants: eg S. tinctoria - aster 'Raul' perhaps (9) |
| BERKHEYA | Genus of thistle-like plant in Aster family - a key herb sort (8) |
| YAHOO | Which word coined by Jonathan Swift became the name of an internet giant? (5) |
| CNICUS | Genus of thistles (6) |
| FLUTTER | A polysemous word for a modest wager or bet; a heartbeat; a flap of a wing; a bat of one's eyelashes; a sensation or stir; a group of butterflies or flags; or, a fairy formation (7) |
| RECITAL | A public performance by a soloist or duettists in a programme of music; an enumeration or listing of connected facts, figures, events or names; or, a narration of a story (7) |
| THRILLA | Contest name coined by its eventual winner |
| LOTHIAN | Part of Scotland, area into cultivation of thistle now (4,7) |
| ANAGRAM | Word, phrase or name formed by rearranging the letters of another (7) |
| ACRONYM | Word or name formed by using the first letters of other words (7) |
| TRAVELS | 1726 novel by Jonathan Swift (9,7) |
| LETTISH | Latvian variety of thistle (7) |
| POLARIS | Marine navigation instrument resembling a compass but with no magnetic needle; or, name of a mega yacht designed by Tim Heywood (7) |
| DIEBACK | A common symptom or name of the disease that progressively destroys the shoots and twigs of trees and woody plants (7) |
| INITIAL | The first letter of a word or name (7) |
| ATALEOF | 1704 satire by Jonathan Swift (1,4,2,1,3) |
| CARLINE | A type of thistle |
| ENTITLE | Give a title or name to (7) |
| APPOINT | Pop up and indicate, or name (7) |
