| VERSIFIER | Poet Iris with fever suffering (9) |
| IRRITATES | Annoys Iris with treat somehow (9) |
| WHITEFLAG | We are about to hit on Iris with a show of surrender (5,4) |
| VACILLATE | Blow hot and cold with fever, perhaps, during leave (9) |
| COLLEAGUE | Workmate is leaving collies with fever (9) |
| GUERRILLA | Fighter sick with fever cycling round both sides of river (9) |
| DEMAGOGUE | From in Paris, monsieur with fever, to go in as political agitator (9) |
| OVERSTATE | Colour shown by maiden, perhaps, with fever |
| DELIRIOUS | Irrational and incoherent with fever |
| ENSATA | Iris ___ (Japanese water iris), with sword-shaped leaves - in gardens at Alnwick (6) |
| ORRIS | Iris with a fragrant rootstock |
| HAPPY | Bearded iris with large white flowers - 'Contented Feeling' (5,4) |
| HUGS | Bearded iris with large white flowers - 'Contented Feeling' (5,4) |
| OBEYED | Observed Old Bob getting around Iris with diamonds (6) |
| BEARDED | Describes the common garden iris with 'hairy' fall petals (7) |
| CISTERCIAN | Iris, with an accent foreign to silent holy type (10) |
| SABLE | A named iris with inky-purple flowers - awfully blase! (5) |
| LORNA | A Benton iris with violet-edged white falls - in tricolor, naturally (5) |
| STAR | A creamy iris with blue-spotted yellow falls - 'Polaris'? (5,4) |
| NORTH | A creamy iris with blue-spotted yellow falls - 'Polaris'? (5,4) |
