| BULB | Part of a hyacinth, paperwhite, snowdrop or amaryllis, often forced in a pot to flower at Christmas (4) |
| AZALEA | Showy favourite often "forced' to flower at Christmas (6) |
| BLOSSOM | Flower(s) of a plant such as the hyacinth, paperwhite narcissus, amaryllis, crocus or cyclamen (7) |
| POTATION | It's mixed in a pot to drink |
| SMILES | They're often forced in photography |
| STAGY | Forced, in a way |
| AIAX | Rival of Ulysses whose blood became a hyacinth, Ovid Met. 13.395 |
| BULBS | Incandescent devices forming strings of fairy lights; or, subterranean shoots of "Christmas sweet" tulips, hyacinths, paperwhite narcissi or Christmas lilies, aka amaryllises/hippeastrums (5) |
| MOLY | Magical Homeric herb used by Odysseus as a countercharm against Circe's spells, identified in the real world as the snowdrop or a species of allium, commonly called golden onion, lily-leek or sorcerer |
| DRIFT | A mass of snow or leaves, piled up by the wind; a large spread of daffodils, snowdrops or other flowering plants; a flock of cattle or birds; a heavy shower of rain/sleet; or, loose fluvioglacial or g |
| ANEMONE | Snowdrop or thimbleweed |
| ANTE | Cause a pot to have a chip in it? |
| PAPERWHITE | Plant of the Narcissus genus with fragrant blooms often "forced" as a classic winter house plant or a table centre with jasmine, hellebores etc (10) |
| PLANT | Greenery forming part of Earth's flora such as holly, ivy, mistletoe, Christmas box or paperwhite narcissus (5) |
| TRIVET | Tripod placed over a fire for a pot to stand on (6) |
| ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | Father had a pot to move without delay (2,3,4,2,1,3) |
| INFINITESIMALLY | Popular item is forced in at last, to a very minor degree (15) |
| HYACINTH | Spring flowering plant in the lily family often 'forced' to bloom indoors (8) |
| POTATO | A pot to hold the vegetable (6) |
| BLOOMER | Floriated initial letter; loaf of bread with distinctive slashes on a rounded top; plant that flowers at night or in any other specified way; or, an embarrassing bungle (7) |
