| PODS | Parts of a touch-me-not that burst when touched |
| POD | Exploding part of a touch-me-not |
| CRANBERRY | Little red fruit that bursts when cooked |
| FORGET | Fail to recall me - not that I would come into flower! (6) |
| BASMATI | Sort of grain initially burst when one walked on one |
| BLUSTER | The French burst when they bully like this (7) |
| BUBBLE | Iridescent sphere that figuratively bursts when one's hopes or illusions are deflated; or, with "bath", a laugh (6) |
| SWIPE | A grab or snatch; a gulp; a wallop; a stroke of a touch screen; or, a pass of a card through a payment terminal (5) |
| IMPATIENS | Genus of plants that includes busy Lizzie and touch-me-not (9) |
| NOLI | ___ me tangere (touch me not) |
| BUSYLIZZIE | Plant so called for its rapid growth and abundance of blooms, and whose other epithet, impatiens, alludes to its somewhat impatient exploding "touch-me-not" seeds (4,6) |
| NOLIMETANGERE | Painting representing the appearance of Jesus to Mary Magdalene after the Resurrection; from Latin, 'touch me not' (4,2,7) |
| MIMOSA | - - - - - - pudica, leguminous annual sensitive plant or 'touch-me-not' (6) |
| NOLIME | ___ tangere (touch-me-not) |
| WHATATVMIGHTSAY | 'You turn me on when you touch me there,' 'Get that VCR off of me,' 'Why do you stare at me so much? |
| EROGENOUSZONES | Parts of the body that excite sexual feelings when touched or stimulated (9,5) |
| SCUPPERS | Ruins meals with addition of a touch of cardamom (8) |
| GLENDA | Jackson of 'A Touch of Class' |
| SOLARFLARES | Things that burst out of star's trousers after length breaks fly |
| NETTLE | Stinging ___ (plant that causes a rash when touched) |
