| PRIMULA | Plant of the genus that includes primrose and oxlip (7) |
| COWSLIP | Related to primrose and oxlip, spring meadow flower "paigle" or "key of heaven" that is a food plant of Duke of Burgundy caterpillars (7) |
| BEARSEAR | Another name for auricula, a flower in the family that includes primrose, cowslip, oxlip and cyclamen (5,3) |
| PRIMULAS | Primrose and oxlip, for example (8) |
| ACONITE | Any poisonous ranunculaceous plant of the genus that includes monkshood and wolfsbane (7) |
| APRICOT | Eaten fresh, dried, glaceed or in jam, fruit in the genus that includes nectarines and peaches (7) |
| SUFFOLK | With the floral emblem of the oxlip, county in which amateur archaeologist Basil Brown unearthed and excavated an Anglo- Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo (7) |
| ACCIPITER | Any bird of prey of the genus that includes the sparrowhawk, goshawk etc. (9) |
| BRASSICA | Plant of the genus that includes cabbage (8) |
| ARTEMISIA | Bitter-tasting plant of the genus that includes wormwood (9) |
| BEET | Any herbaceous Eurasian plant of the genus that includes mangle-wurzel (or mangold) (4) |
| MERGANSER | Any large diving duck of the genus that includes the goosander, smew etc. (9) |
| OPHELIA | Shakespeare character who speaks of 'the primrose path of dalliance' (7) |
| EVENING | - - - primrose, plant with pale yellow flowers that open late in the day (7) |
| ILEX | Tree of the genus that includes holly (4) |
| LAUREL | Any aromatic evergreen tree or shrub of the genus that includes bay (6) |
| GODETIA | Genus of showy garden plants related to the evening primrose, named after the Swiss botanist |
| BATES | Squadron-leader-turned-novelist who follows the rural adventures of Ma and Pop Larkin and their progeny, including Mariette, Petunia, Primrose and Zinnia, in his comedy of country manners The Darling |
| ORANGE | National colour of the Netherlands; or, a fruit in the genus that includes the pomelo, tangelo and yuzu (6) |
| CRADOCK | Nee Phyllis Nan Sortain Primrose Pechey, a flamboyant television chef who donned a ball-gown rather than an apron, popularised prawn cocktail and penned a number of novels, including her Castle Rising |
