| ULMUSGLABRA | Latin name for the wych, feathered, mountain, Scotch, smooth-leaved and witch elm (5,6) |
| ELM | Smooth-leaved ___ |
| ELMS | Related to species including the wych and the winged wahoo, tall ulmaceous trees whose wood was used to make water pumps in English villages, as well as wagon wheels and Welsh longbows (4) |
| MYSTERYNOVEL | Tana French's "The Witch Elm," for example |
| TANA | "The Witch Elm" author French |
| ULMUSPUMILA | Latin name for the Siberian elm (5,6) |
| RHUSTYPHINA | Latin name for the stag's horn sumach (4,7) |
| ACANTHACEAE | Latin name for the plant family of 240 or so genera, including bear's breeches (11) |
| PATERNOSTER | Latin name for the Lord's Prayer, from its opening words ('Our Father') (11) |
| AVENASATIVA | Latin name for the cultivated oat (5,6) |
| BETULALENTA | Latin name for the sweet birch (6,5) |
| ILEXCORNUTA | Latin name for the Chinese holly (4,7) |
| SCILLAVERNA | Latin name for the spring squill (6,5) |
| ACTAEARUBRA | Latin name for the red baneberry! (6,5) |
| GALLATE | Ester of an acid found in gallnuts, sumac, and witch hazel |
| COPENHAGEN | Policeman and witch each took directions to Mermaid City (10) |
| CORNUSKOUSA | Latin name for the Szechuan strawberry - the tree not the fruit! (6,5) |
| ERIDANUS | The River constellation; or, the Latin name for the Po (8) |
| EQUULEUS | Latin name for the constellation The Little Horse of The Foal (8) |
| VIA | Word for "way" that is found in the Latin name for the Milky Way (3) |
