| SCION | In horticulture, a shoot or twig of a plant used for grafting to a stock (5) |
| SPRIG | Small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray (5) |
| GRAFT | In horticulture, a piece of plant tissue, normally a stem, that is made to unite with an established plant (5) |
| SCIONS | Shoots of plants used for grafting (6) |
| SOUP | From an Old French word for bread dipped/soaked in liquid, name given to a stock-based food such as broth, consomme or potage (4) |
| STEREOTYPIC | Conforming to a stock image |
| STEREOTYPED | Conforming to a stock image |
| OFFSHOOT | In horticulture, a ratoon, runner, slip or sucker of a plant (8) |
| MULCH | Mixture of organic matter such as leaves, bark and straw used in horticulture to enrich or insulate soil (5) |
| OSIER | Flexible twig of a willow tree used in basketry (5) |
| WAND | From the Old Norse word "vondr" meaning "shoot of a tree" or "twig", a rod used by a conjurer, diviner, fairy, magician etc; a conductor's baton; a marker in archery; or, a miniature brush/stick for a |
| AITCH | A longing to be the leading character in horticulture (5) |
| GREEN | The figurative colour of one's fingers when one is skilled in horticulture (5) |
| HYDRO | Soil-less horticulture, a ... garden (abbrev) |
| BESOM | A broom, especially one of brush or twigs. |
| WITHE | Flexible twig of willow (5) |
| SLIPS | Twigs for grafting |
| CLIPPING | A snippet for a scrapbook, shaved-off piece of coin or pared twig of a tree's limb, each from the Old Norse for "cut, shear, trim" (8) |
| SOYABEAN | Seed of a plant used for food, forage and as a source of oil (4,4) |
| PRESERVE | Jam, lemon curd, marmalade or once "confiture", bottled for keep; or, a shoot or wildlife sanctuary protected by a gunned keeper in a Jeep (8) |
