| DEHISCENT | Of plant structures such as pods, splitting open at maturity to release the contents (9) |
| OPEN | Release the contents of |
| CELL | Small room for part of plant structure |
| DUEDATE | Guy was fed, we hear, at maturity (3,4) |
| FILAMENT | A slender threadlike object or fibre, especially one found in animal or plant structures (8) |
| LEAVES | Plant structures where photosynthesis mainly takes place (6) |
| TIDE | Detergent sometimes sold as Pods |
| CARDAMOM | Spice usually sold as pods (O not U) |
| PUBESCENT | Reaching sexual maturity to find local scene changing at last (9) |
| EARTHSTAR | A woodland fungus whose brown onion-shaped reproductive body splits into a distinctive shape to release the spores (9) |
| PRISONERS | I press Ron to release the captives (9) |
| EARTHWORK | Structure such as a hill-fort or henge (9) |
| CHAINPIER | Former structure such as Brighton’s Royal Suspension ____ and Ryde’s Seaview ____ |
| CELLULOSE | Room to turn and mislay plant structure (9) |
| CHIASMA | Crossing over of two parts or structures such as the fibres of the optic nerves in the brain |
| ENGINEER | Originally a builder of fortifications, siege artillery and mechanical weapons such as trebuchets, later a designer/maker of machinery or structures such as bridges or roads (8) |
| REEVE | "Superman has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely," said the superhero star, Christo |
| WORK | Energy transfer measured in joules; a creation such as a book, musical composition or piece of embroidery, sewing etc; or, a structure such as a wall, built as part of a fortification (4) |
| STEEPLEJACK | Into one who climbs tall structures, such as chimneys, to carry out repairs (11) |
| NESTS | Structures such as formicaria for birds' sittings or clutches of eggs (5) |
