| ERH | Pu-___ (Variety of tea from China) |
| PEKOE | Orange ___ (Variety of tea) |
| DARJEELING | Variety of tea from northern India (10) |
| CEYLON | Variety of tea from Sri Lanka (6) |
| SOUCHONG | Fine variety of black tea from China (8) |
| ASEPTIC | Descriptive of a medical preparation ___ variety of paste, I see! (7) |
| ORIENTALE | Papaver ___, variety of poppy from the East (9) |
| NINE | 'Cloud ___', variety of Panicum virgatum and a location of great happiness! (4) |
| SPROUT | Brussels ___, variety of cabbage with a stout stem studded with budlike heads of tightly folded leaves (6) |
| ROCK | White ___ (variety of chicken) |
| REEF | 'Coral ___', variety of Papaver orientale (4) |
| EDGE | 'Gilt ___', variety of Elaeagnus ebbingei (4) |
| SHORTCAKES | Desserts ___ variety of tack used in coastal areas (10) |
| NELL | 'Li le ___', variety of clematis, and a Dickens character (4) |
| NUGGET | 'Golden ___', variety of winter squash (6) |
| TOWER | 'Ivory ___', variety of Taxus bacacata (5) |
| MOM | Soccer ___ (variety of suburban mother) |
| STUD | High-low ___ (variety of poker) |
| SUE | 'Sweet ___', variety of Lonicera periclymenum (3) |
| EYE | 'Kelly's ___', variety of phlox (3) |
