| LICHENS | Plant-like organisms forming crusty growths on rocks, walls and trees (7) |
| LICHEN | Plant-like organism which thrives on rocks, walls and trees (6) |
| MUSHROOM | Toadstool-like organism forming part of a fairy ring (8) |
| SCALED | Like rock walls and lizard skin |
| MOTILE | Like organisms that are able to traverse their environment, biologically speaking |
| IVIED | Like some walls and trees, plant-wise |
| ANIMALS | Organisms forming a region's fauna and studied in zoology (7) |
| CLIMBER | A plant like hardenbergia, wisteria or bougainvillea (7) |
| GUNNERA | Arsenal player has a plant like rhubarb (7) |
| CAMPION | Plant like manioc flourished around the Pacific rim (7) |
| GARDENS | Disturbing dangers where toxic plants like laburnum and foxgloves grow (7) |
| BOTANIC | Bacon? Can it be plant-like? (7) |
| SEAWEED | Aquatic, plant-like algae (7) |
| GRASSES | Police informers revealing plants like Hakonechloa macra (7) |
| IKEBANA | Japanese art using plants - like banana slices |
| PLANTS | Botanical organisms forming Earth's collective flora, such as ferns, trees and shrubs (6) |
| IVY | Climbing over old garden walls and tree trunks, an evergreen with berries eaten by blackbirds, thrushes and wood pigeons and leaves stylised as "hedera" printer's fleurons (3) |
| PLANT | From the Old English for "seedling" and the Latin for "sprout, cutting", any one of the botanical organisms forming Earth's collective flora including fern, herb and moss (5) |
| STRAW | Dry stalks and unsightly growths on the rise (5) |
| OAKAPPLES | Growths on trees, caused by the larvae of gall wasps (3,6) |
