| LOVELIESBLEEDING | Plant of the genus Amaranthus, such as Amaranthus caudatus, with drooping spikes of small red flowers |
| HERB | Wayside plant with small red flowers (4,6) |
| LIES | Love - - - - bleeding, the red-plumed annual Amaranthus caudatus (4) |
| CIMICIFUGA | Genus of perennial plants (many are now classed as actaea), with dense spikes of small, fragrant white flowers in early autumn (10) |
| CATKIN | Downy spike of small flowers produced by trees such as the willow and hazel, pollinated by the wind (6) |
| LOVE | ___-lies-bleeding, common name of Amaranthus caudatus (4) |
| AGRIMONY | Genus of perennial plants with slender spikes of small yellow flowers |
| BASIL | Eurasian plant with spikes of small white flowers and aromatic leaves (5) |
| HYSSOP | Aromatic plant with spikes of small blue flowers whose leaves are used in cooking |
| SEASQUILL | A Mediterranean coastal plant with dense spikes of small white flowers (3,6) |
| BISTORT | Plant with a spike of small pink flowers whose root is used in medicine as an astringent |
| GRANDMA | The character eaten by a wolf in the fairy tale of 'Little Red Riding Hood' (7) |
| GOLDENROD | Plant with spikes of small yellow flowers (9) |
| MEASLES | Highly contagious viral disease characterised by a rash of small red spots (7) |
| RIDING | Sort of little red hood in the fairy tale |
| WOODSMAN | The rescuer of Little Red Riding Hood |
| AMARANTHUS | ___ caudatus, plant also known as love-lies-bleeding (10) |
| WALES | Amaranthus species commonly known as Prince of - - - - - feather (5) |
| PERRAULT | Charles ___, author of Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella (8) |
| POPLARS | Trees of the genus Populus, with drooping catkins (7) |
