| MUSTARDGAS | Name commonly given to an organosulfur carcinogen widely used as a weapon in World War I (7,3) |
| SPITFIRE | Throw out incendiary used as vital weapon in World War Two. (8) |
| ACETONERIA | Fragrant volatile liquid ketone, CH3COCH3, widely used as a solvent (10) |
| KNOBKERRIE | Stick traditionally used as a weapon in South Africa (10) |
| SEAL | Solomon's - - - -, name commonly given to a plant of the polygonatum genus (4) |
| STONECROP | Name commonly given to a succulent plant of the sedum genus (9) |
| STOCK | Name commonly given to a biennial plant of the Matthiola genus (5) |
| REDWOODS | Name commonly given to giant conifers in the sequoia genus (8) |
| BREAD | ---of Heaven, name commonly given to Cwm Rhondda, which is often sung at Wales matches (5) |
| OLDBAILEY | Name commonly given to the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales (3,6) |
| BOWER | Virgin's ----- , name commonly given to the prolific, white- flowered Clematis virginiana (5) |
| FINGALSCAVE | Name commonly given to Mendelssohn's overture Die Hebriden (op. 26) of 1833 (7,4) |
| WREATH | Bridal - - - - - -, name commonly given to the hybrid 'garland' spiraea (6) |
| HEAD | The turtle- - - - plant, name commonly given to Chelone obliqua (4) |
| FOOLSGOLD | Name commonly given to the mineral pyrite (5,4) |
| HEART | Bleeding - - - - -, name commonly given to lamprocapnos or dicentra (5) |
| LENT | - - - - lily, name commonly given to the wild daffodil (4) |
| CORAL | - - - - - bells, name commonly given to plants of the heuchera genus (5) |
| BABY | - - - -'s breath, name commonly given to gypsophila (4) |
| OREO | Name commonly given to black-and-white dogs |
