| WHEATFLOUR | It's pronounced "flower" but it's... (5,5) |
| AMAZING | Great flower, but nothing replaces one grown first (7) |
| VIOLA | A flower, but can come with strings attached (5) |
| LOTUS | One flower but there are many all over America (5) |
| ABRACADABRA | Word to spell as it's pronounced? |
| NOTGUILTY | It's pronounced without conviction (3,6) |
| COTTAGEGARDEN | Plot with flowers but no lawn (7,6) |
| GIF | Whether it's pronounced with a hard or soft G is much debated |
| ROWING | What are eight doing? Arguing about how it's pronounced! (6) |
| HEATHER | Plant with lilac-purple flowers but also white, considered lucky in Scotland (7) |
| PRIMROSES | Proper flowers - but they say their path leads to damnation! (9) |
| KATYPERRY | Dark Horse singer whose backstage requests have included fresh pink flowers but absolutely no carnations: 2 wds. |
| ROSE | A plant with beautiful flowers but sharp prickles of pain, symbolic of England, femininity, friendship, love, secrecy and the Tudor reign (4) |
| ISIS | Flower, but not 'e bro! (4) |
| NILEGREEN | Shade of African flower, but not The Purple Rose of Cairo! |
| COROLLA | Cross-pollinate the flowers but not in steps (7) |
| RISES | Grows flowers, but not the first one (5) |
| CHESTBAKER | Jazz trumpeter with pronounced pecs? |
| GHOSTWRITE | Produce text for another good entertainer, correctly pronounced (5-5) |
| ADAMSAPPLE | It might be pronounced in the throat |
