| RUTACEAE | Plant family of dittany and choisya - a tea cure, possibly (8) |
| CHAUCER | With tea cure novel writer (7) |
| CAMPANULACEAE | Plant family of the order Asterales to which the genus Lobelia belongs (13) |
| ACANTHACEAE | Latin name for the plant family of 240 or so genera, including bear's breeches (11) |
| DULCIMER | Instrument providing mild cure, possibly (8) |
| ELIXIR | Cricket team, gripped by bug, knocked back cure possibly (6) |
| ECRU | Cure possibly for beige! (4) |
| AMARANTH | Common name of plant family including prince's feather - Maranta turned hot initially (8) |
| MIQUELIA | Genus in the flowering plant family Icacinaceae (8) |
| GERANIUM | Plant family that includes the cranesbill (8) |
| PEARL | Member of a state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortes in 1521, followed by an oyster gem - as in the cultivar of Choisya x dewitteana (5,5) |
| AZTEC | Member of a state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortes in 1521, followed by an oyster gem - as in the cultivar of Choisya x dewitteana (5,5) |
| TERNATA | Term meaning cluster of three leaflets - as in Choisya (7) |
| BALLOTA | Genus of false dittany- boat all at sea! (7) |
| COMPOSITES | Members of a large plant family made up of many parts |
| FRAXINELLA | Dittany, an aromatic plant (10) |
| ORANGEBLOSSOM | Mexican - - -, another name for choisya shrubs (6,7) |
| BURNINGBUSH | Alternative common name for dittany (Dictamnus albus) (7,4) |
| OLIVE | Plant family that jasmine and lilac are part of |
| MEXICAN | Choisya, - - - orange blossom (7) |
