| HAULM | Plant stems used for thatching and bedding (5) |
| STRAW | Dried stalks of threshed cereal plants used for basketry, bee skeps, corn-dollies, mulch, thatching and bedding for horses or cattle; or, a boater-style hat at Harrow (5) |
| BAMBOOS | Plant stems used in furniture |
| TURMERIC | Powdered plant stem used as condiment (8) |
| RHUBARB | Plant stem used as fruit (7) |
| ELDER | Thriving near badger setts or rabbit warrens, a small tree with berries, flowers and pith/stems used for cordial, presse, rob, sparkling wine or blowpipes and whistles (5) |
| REEDS | Stalks of wetland grasses used for thatching; a literary word for arrows; or, musical pipes (5) |
| COGON | Grass of the Philippines used for thatching (5) |
| EIDER | In Iceland, the soft feathers of what duck are gathered from nests for clothing and bedding? (5) |
| SLOPS | Word for loose gowns or smocks; wide trousers; sailors' baggy breeches; clothes and bedding historically issued to said seafarers; puddles; waste food; wishy-washy sentiment; or, pig swill (5) |
| SUCKS | An aphid the sap from plant stems, leaves, buds and blooms (5) |
| NODES | Word for knots or swellings; bumps on plant stems from which leaves emerge; or, points of intersection (5) |
| TRAIL | Plant stems that grow or hang over banks do this (5) |
| SHEAF | Bundle, as of reeds for thatching (5) |
| YELMS | Bundles of straw for thatching - horribly smelly, left out! (5) |
| YEALM | Bundle of long straw ready for thatching - sort of mealy (5) |
| BINES | Twining plant stems |
| SUGARCANE | Tough grass with sweet stems used for sugar production (5, 4) |
| RATTAN | Climbing palm with tough stems used for wickerwork and canes (6) |
| ANGELICA | Candied stems used for decorating cakes |
