| HESPERIDES | In Greek mythology. the nymphs of evening who kept watch with a dragon over the garden of the golden apples in the Islands of the Blessed (10) |
| ECHIDNEHESPERIDES | Nymphs of evening and golden sunsets |
| SPITFIRES | They dived like doves and roared like dragons over embattled Britain (9) |
| ECHO | In Greek mythology, the nymph who was spurned by Narcissus (4) |
| CUCKOOSPIT | Frothy sap deposited on plants by the nymphs of the spittlebug as a protective covering (6,4) |
| HOURI | In Muslim belief, any of the nymphs of Paradise |
| LEIGHTON | President of the Royal Academy from 1878-96 who painted Crenaia the Nymph of the Dargle, The Garden of the Hesperides andA Flaming June (8) |
| LADON | Serpent-like dragon in Greek mythology that guarded the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides |
| RODRIGO | Blind from the age of three, a Spanish composer whose guitar concerto Concierto de Aranjuez was inspired by the scent of the magnolias in the gardens of the Royal Palace of Aranjuez (7) |
| POLYPHEMUS | In Greek mythology, the most famous of the Cyclopes (one-eyed giants), son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and the nymph Thoosa. He captured Odysseus and his 12 companions, who eventually blinded him. Wh |
| HUNTER | Type of pocket watch with a hinged lid; a brand of wellington boot; or, Scottish anatomist considered a founder of scientific surgery (6) |
| HIGHGROVE | Name of the private residence and gardens of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall in Tetbury (9) |
| NOTRE | Le -; landscape architect who designed the gardens of the Palace of Versailles for Louis XIV (5) |
| HALFHUNTER | Pocket watch with a glass opening in the cover to see the time (4-6) |
| ORANGERY | Glasshouse for citrus trees, bromeliads, orchids, azaleas and other exotic plants, such as that in Kew Gardens or the gardens of the Palace of Versailles (8) |
| ACIS | In Greek mythology, a Sicilian shepherd and the lover of the nymph Galatea (4) |
| ADRASTEA | Discovered in July 1979 by the Voyager science team at NASA, this inner moon is named for the nymph who had the responsibility of taking care of Zeus and keeping him safe from his father Cronus (8) |
| OREAD | In this era, do look for the nymph of the mountains! (5) |
| DESICA | "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" director Vittorio |
| DUG | Worked the garden of the Frenchman and got $1000 (3) |
