| ADZUKI | Plant unknown in modern times - British one |
| HYSSOP | Minty plant unknown in shops, oddly (6) |
| ZINNIA | Tropical plant unknown in North Island area |
| BIXA | Classification of dye plants unknown in fabric's diagonal cut |
| AZALEAS | Plants unknown in drained area beside meadows (7) |
| FACTORY | Plant unknown agent in front (7) |
| MCCOY | Many times British NH champion jockey (5) |
| BIRKDALE | Merseyside golf course, 10 times British Open host, Royal ... (8) |
| GLADSTONE | William Ewart , 1809-1898, four times British Prime Minister (9) |
| CENTAURY | Plant unknown to creature such as Chiron |
| DAISY | Plant unknown on stage (5) |
| AZALEA | Plant unknown beer amid company of travellers |
| THORP | In olden times, small village... and in modern times, small village in Dungeons & Dragons |
| ADVANCEMENT | In modern times, those in front make fast progress |
| KNOSSOS | Chief city of Minoan (Bronze Age) Crete, first excavated in modern times by British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans from 1900 (7) |
| CHARLIECHAPLIN | Self-directed in 'Modern Times' |
| AGED | Advanced alternative, say, in modern times (4) |
| SPACEAGE | Room to mature in modern times (5,3) |
| AMUSED | An inspiration in modern times, unlike Victoria (6) |
| AWARD | Judgement on conflict in modern times (5) |
