| FAE | Immortal being in "A Court of Thorns and Roses" |
| MAAS | Author of "A Court of Thorns and Roses" |
| ROMANTASY | Portmanteau literary genre for "A Court of Thorns and Roses" |
| SARAH | "A Court of Thorns and Roses" author ___ J. Maas |
| SARAHJMAAS | Best-selling author of the "Court of Thorns and Roses" and "Throne of Glass" "romantasy" series: 3 wds. |
| BRIAR | First volume in Greg Keye's The Kingdom Of Thorn And Bone, The ... King |
| ELF | Immortal being in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| HOLLY | Once used by boys and men of Tenby, Wales, to whip unsuspecting girls on Boxing Day in a courting ritual of "holming", a plant with prickly leaves evocative of Christ's crown of thorns at the Crucifix |
| LEEREMICK | US actress who starred in Anatomy of a Murder and Days of Wine and Roses, for which she received her only Academy Award nomination (3,6) |
| VICIOUS | Deliberately damaging, as referred to the thorns and prickles of many plants (7) |
| FURZE | A wild bush with sharp thorns and small yellow flowers (5) |
| REMICK | Lee ---, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Days of Wine and Roses (6) |
| LILY | One of the trumpet-shaped flowers blooming with carnations and roses in a famous painting by Sargent (4) |
| WINE | Days of ___ and Roses 1962 drama film starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick |
| ECCEHOMO | In art, a portrayal of Jesus wearing the crown of thorns |
| EVERYTHINGBUT | Musicians Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, and a hint as to how to enter answers to asterisked clues * (13) |
| NWSL | Thorns and Reign play here |
| SPIN | Turnaround at speed, as in ___e (thorn) and ___ach (leafy vegetable)! (4) |
| RIGG | Queen of Thorns portrayer in "Game of Thrones" |
| EUPHORBIA | Plant genus of eg poinsettia and crown of thorns - produces rue phobia (9) |
