| NILEBLUE | Named after a river, a peacock- or teal-like hue, but less green; one of the colours of Smythson stationery (4,4) |
| KNIGHT | Sir Gawain and the Green -; one of the legendary Arthurian tales (6) |
| LONGLEAT | Set in 900 acres of Capability Brown parkland, an Elizabethan house built and designed by Sir John Thynne with Robert Smythson that is the seat of the Marquess of Bath (8) |
| HARDWICK | - Hall; Elizabethan house in Derbyshire designed by Robert Smythson for the Countess of Shrewsbury known as Bess (8) |
| SHADE | Hue, but not cry |
| COLOR | Hue, but not cry |
| AMBER | Light between red and green; one of the 1 across (5) |
| EYESPOT | Any one of the ocelli on the train of a peacock or on a wing of the butterfly named after said bird (3-4) |
| TRAIN | Flowing eye-spotted feathers of a peacock; or, a cascade of satin or silk at the back of a bridal gown (5) |
| VIOLET | Bluish purple, like the colour of a pansy-like heart-leafed flower; or, clothing of said lavender-like hue (6) |
| OUTLET | The mouth of a river; a shop; a means of uninhibited expression; or, a chimney, femerall or other vent (6) |
| GREEN | One of the colours of the Olympic rings or of the emblem of Pyeongchang (5) |
| TEAL | A deep greenish blue, reminiscent of the colour of the distinctive eye patches of a duck of the same name (4) |
| ESSONNE | Department in the Ile-de-France region named after a river which is a tributary of the Seine (7) |
| EBOLA | Deadly fever, named after a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting from a viral in |
| BEND | Curved shape of a bow; a meander in a river; a half-butt of leather; or, a type of knot for joining two ropes together (4) |
| EOS | Greek word for dawn, given as the genus name of a species of lory with red-and-blue plumage, reminiscent of the colours of the sky at daybreak (3) |
| INDIGO | One of the colours of a rainbow; or, blue dye used for denim or block printing (6) |
| BLUE | In the International Code of Signals, one of the colours of the maritime flag that means "I wish to communicate with you" (4) |
| SHRIMP | A crevette; its prawn- or salmon-like hue; or, akin to such a small crustacean, a puny person (6) |
