| DELPHINIUM | Plant with upright flower spikes, commonly called larkspur (10) |
| KLINKHAMER | Trout fly parachute pattern with upright tuft of colourful floss (10) |
| BEAUJOLAIS | Purple loosestrife with burgundy flower spikes, and a light, French red wine (10) |
| STAVESACRE | Southern European larkspur; at crevasse (anagram) |
| IRIS | Flower with upright petals called "standards" |
| AGRIMONY | Plant with yellow flower-spikes |
| LUPIN | Plant of legume family with tall flower spikes (5) |
| VERBASCUM | Mullein genus, with tall flower spikes - begins with a part of speech (9) |
| LAVENDER | Aromatic plant in Lamiaceae family with purple flower spikes (8) |
| KITTAILS | Plant with fluffy flower spikes |
| ACANTHUS | Herbaceous plant with bold flower spikes (8) |
| AARONSROD | Plant with tall yellow flower spikes (6,3) |
| AGAVE | Tropical plant with tall flower spikes (5) |
| VERVAIN | Plant of genus Verbena with showy flower spikes (7) |
| JULY | With symbols including delphinium/larkspur, Leo, oak, ruby and water lily, a month originally called Quintilis, during which its eponymous calendar-devising Roman general, Caesar, was born (4) |
| URAL | Some larkspur, a lovely flower |
| ORYXES | African antelopes with upright horns |
| PETER | & 1A Horrific scene with upright actor [2-word answer] |
| CRESTED | Description of bird with upright feathers on its head (7) |
| PRAYINGMANTIS | Large-eyed carnivorous insect with upright posture and folded front limbs (7,6) |
