| PANSIES | Mentioned by Ophelia in Hamlet, violet-like flowers with heart-shaped petals used to mean "think of me", sometimes crystallised in sugar and used to decorate cakes (7) |
| PARMA | - violets; fragrant, originally Neapolitan flowers with heart-shaped leaves, often crystallised to decorate handmade chocolates or cakes (5) |
| SEPALED | Like flowers with calyxes |
| ORCHID | Flower with lip-shaped petals |
| VIOLETS | Containing ionone esteemed in perfumery, wild flowers mentioned in a speech by Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet whose name is suggestive of their colour (7) |
| GALEA | Helmet-shaped petal |
| PANSY | From the French for "thought", because of its "pensive" face-like markings, a velvety violet-like flower also known as heart's-ease (5) |
| DANUBE | Flower with ultra-blue heads welcomed by Ophelia, for one (6) |
| LAERTES | Named after the father of Odysseus, the son of Polonius and brother of Ophelia in Hamlet (7) |
| VIOLET | Said to have been crystallised or layered in sugar for Edward I, a flower with petals used to flavour chocolate creams and Parfait Amour (6) |
| COWNFLOWERS | With edible petals used in tea blends, blue blooms known as bachelor's buttons; botanical symbols of Estonia and of remembrance in France (11) |
| FORGETMENOT | Also known by its botanical name Myosotis, a spring flower with tiny china-blue petals, used to symbolise hope, true love or remembrance (6-2-3) |
| POLONIUS | Father of Laertes and Ophelia in Hamlet whose notable lines include "neither a borrower nor a lender be" and "to thine own self be true" (8) |
| CORNFLOWER | Worn as a symbol of remembrance known as "Bleuet de France", a wild plant with electric- or royal-blue petals used to flavour Lady Grey tea (10) |
| ORRIS | Rootstock of the flowers Iris germanica and Iris pallida, prepared in perfumery for its violet-like scent (5) |
| YANTRA | Meaning "instrument" in Sanskrit, a mandala-like diagram of triangles and lotus petals, used as a tantric tool (6) |
| DAMASKROSE | Hybrid flower with fragrant, velvety petals used to make attar (6,4) |
| WENTMAD | Changed like Ophelia in "Hamlet" |
| POTPOURRI | A fragrant mixture of dried petals used to scent a room (9) |
| BARN | A unit of area in particle physics; or, sometimes inhabited by owls with heart-shaped faces, an outbuilding for the storage of grain, hay, straw and formerly tithes (4) |
