| MIMOSA | Name this flowering plant, which reacts to touch (6) |
| VERBASCUM | Mullein is the common name for this flowering plant genus |
| BOUGAINVILLEA | Flowering plant which gives a vibrant splash of colour to many a Mallorcan balcony or trellis (13) |
| CYCLAMEN | Perennial flowering plant which grows from a tuber (8) |
| ANTIBODY | This word, meaning a blood protein which reacts against foreign substances, was first used in 1901 |
| REAGENT | Substance which reacts used in test (7) |
| HALOGEN | Any of the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine or astatine, which react with metals to form salts (7) |
| EMETIC | Name this person turning up to provide a sort of medicine (6) |
| ROBBIE | PICTURE C Name this Aussie actress (6,6) |
| MARGOT | & 5D PICTURE C Name this Aussie actress (6,6) |
| ANDREW | PICTURE A Name this prince (6) |
| CHERYL | PICTURE C Name this singer (6) |
| JULIAN | See 12A PICTURE B Name this controversial Wikileaks founder (6,7) |
| EDWARD | PICTURE C Name this Prince (6) |
| WATSON | PICTURE A Name this British actress (4,6) |
| BALLAS | PICTURE B Name this Strictly judge (7,6) |
| MAGNUM | PICTURE A Name this private investigator (6) |
| IMPUGN | Criticise dog name this writer's introducing (6) |
| GORDON | Belying his name, this 1963 train robber who died in January 2016 was definitely a baddie! (6,5) |
| CLOVER | Weed or forage plant (which it's good to be in) (6) |
