| OARWEED | Plant that's simple and exotic we adore |
| SIMONPETER | Man that's simple and safe as a disciple (5,5) |
| ELEGANT | Emily's top, limb and exotic tan are stylish |
| ARTLESS | What's central to smart lesson? That's simple (7) |
| AUSTERE | Make a suet pudding again: That's simple (7) |
| SPARTAN | Box with function that's simple (7) |
| NATURAL | Neither sharp nor flat? That's simple! (7) |
| PLAINTS | Laments being simple and single, gets tense (7) |
| GLIMPSE | General's first oddly simple and brief view (7) |
| EXPLAIN | Former partner simple and unadorned? Give a reason (7) |
| IDYLLIC | Charmingly simple and serene (7) |
| ASCETIC | One who follows a way of life that is simple and strict (7) |
| AIRDROP | Tune that’s simple and sweet — a heaven-sent relief? |
| LOWTECH | Is it underhanded to instruct them to get rid of middleman regarded as 'simple and unsophisticated'? |
| CHAOS | 'We adore ___ because we love to produce order' (M.C. Escher) |
| READYTOWEAR | We adore arty fashion clothes off the peg (5,2,4) |
| GARDENING | Ginger and exotic plant cultivation (9) |
| ORANGERIES | With examples at Kensington Palace, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Heveningham Hall, large architectural glasshouses originally for growing citrus trees and exotic plants (10) |
| LOUISQUINZE | Style of 18th-century French furniture characterised by curved forms, lightness, comfort and asymmetry, using marquetry and exotic inlaid woods (5,6) |
| TIGERSHARK | A strange and exotic creature! |
