| BEDSTRAW | Lady's -; honey-scented yellow wild flower traditionally used to stuff palliasses (8) |
| LADYSBEDSTRAW | Sweet hay- or honey-scented yellow wild bloom of the milk-coagulating genus Galium, fabled to have padded the Virgin Mary's stable crib to soften her ease, it was also strewn as a herb to ward off fle |
| PIMIENTO | Sweet red Spanish pepper of the genus Capsicum traditionally used to stuff green olives (8) |
| EYEBRIGHT | Wild flower traditionally used to treat vision problems (9) |
| STUFFING | Padding for cushions, palliasses, pillows, soft toys or upholstery; farce, forcemeat or Paxo, rolled into balls or placed in turkeys or other poultry before being roasted; or, a heavy defeat in sport |
| ARNICA | Flower traditionally used to relieve inflammation |
| MATTRESSES | Palliasses from carpet locks |
| MEADOWSWEET | With almond-honey-scented candyfloss-like blooms, bridewort of fen, riverbank and woodland, said to have been Elizabeth I's favourite strewing herb (11) |
| FEVERFEW | Meaning "to put illness to flight", a camomile- or daisy-like flower traditionally used in folk medicine as a herbal remedy for headaches (8) |
| REDROSES | Flowers traditionally given on Valentine's Day (3,5) |
| MATTRESS | Palliasse (8) |
| RAGWORT | Yellow wild flower considered a weed due to its toxicity to livestock and horses (7) |
| GORSE | With stems traditionally used as fuel to fire bread ovens and coconut-scented yellow blooms to dye Easter eggs, a shrub of wild landscapes, also called furze (5) |
| CELANDINE | Yellow wild flower once called pilewort as it was thought to be good for haemorrhoids (9) |
| BLOSSOM | Orange -; fragrant flower traditionally used in bridal bouquets (7) |
| ORANGE | - blossom; flower traditionally used for a bride's wedding bouquet (6) |
| BUTTERCUP | Yellow wild flower of the Ranunculus genus (9) |
| STRAW | Material used to stuff a palliasse (5) |
| DANDELION | Yellow wild flower |
| COWSLIP | Yellow wild flower |
