| AUGUST | Month of the dense-growing hosta cultivar, '- - - - - - Moon' (6) |
| DANCE | Rhythmic movement with actor Charles - and the small scabious cultivar 'Moon ___ '! (5) |
| NUCLEI | The dense central parts of individual atoms (6) |
| SMOGGY | The dense atmosphere the southern cat came from (6) |
| TATTLE | Hosta '___ Tails' has thin leaves with wavy margins (6) |
| FUNKIA | Old botanical name and synonym for hosta or plantain lily (6) |
| STAMEN | Hosta menace because it has a pollen producer (6) |
| ENVY | Jealous of the hosta cultivar 'Green with ___'! (4) |
| SURF | Mass of foam formed by waves breaking on a seashore, as in the hosta cultivar 'Crested ___'! (4) |
| PRAY | Address a deity, prophet, saint or an object of worship, as in the hosta cultivar: '- ing Hands'! (4) |
| TUSK | Long pointed tooth, such as with the elephant, walrus or wild boar - and the hosta cultivar 'Golden ___'! (4) |
| SCAPES | Related to "sceptres", word for shafts, stalks or stems of various things, including amaryllises, chives, columns, feathers, garlic plants, hostas, tulips and weevils' antennae (6) |
| STPAUL | Blue-leafed hosta with creamy centre - last up, maybe (2,4) |
| DEVON | '- - - - - Tor', hosta cultivar named after a county of SW england (5) |
| OCTOBER | From this Saturday onwards, the hosta cultivar is 'Red ___'! (7) |
| TRIO | The hosta cultivar 'Arc de ___mphe', or three (4) |
| LEAF | Maple - - - -, Canadian emblem used as a name for an old hosta cultivar (4) |
| NUCLEUS | Meaning "little nut", a kernel; the solid centre of a comet's head; or, the dense core of an atom (7) |
| KAGU | The bird Rhynochetos jubatus, endemic to the dense mountain forests of New Caledonia |
| MAURITIA | Name for the dense mass of continental crust in the Indian Ocean stretching between Madagascar and India; it was discovered by scientists in 2017. (8) |
