| PHLOEM | Retired representative covers distorted hole in plant tissue (6) |
| STOMA | Small hole in plant leaf |
| MERISTEM | Setter found some red mites crawling in plant tissue (8) |
| JUICE | Liquid that occurs naturally in plant tissue (5) |
| STARCH | Polysaccharide composed of glucose units that occurs widely in plant tissues (6) |
| IMPROPER | Retired representative or prime minister, one not strictly belonging (8) |
| GRAFTS | In horticulture, pieces of plant tissue, normally stems, that are made to unite with established plants (6) |
| BLIGHT | Disease that causes browning and death of plant tissue, cause of the Irish Potato Famine (6) |
| SAWFLY | Insect that cuts into plant tissue to deposit eggs |
| XYLEMS | Plant tissues that conduct water and nutrients upwards from the roots (6) |
| CAPSID | Bug of the family Miridae, most of which feed on plant tissues, causing damage to crops |
| GRAFT | In horticulture, a piece of plant tissue, normally a stem, that is made to unite with an established plant (5) |
| SAPWOOD | Moving around top of plant, seek to attract plant tissue (7) |
| SCAR | Mark on woody plant tissue found in cars! (4) |
| XYLEM | Plant tissue in flexy lemon tree (5) |
| DEXTROSE | Form of sugar found naturally in animal and plant tissue (8) |
| SCHWANN | In 1839, Theodor ____ identified cells as the basic components of both animal and plant tissue |
| LITHIUM | Most alkali metals until then were discovered from plant tissue. This element was found in minerals and was named after the Greek for 'stone' (7) |
| PIGMENT | Natural colouring matter of animal or plant tissue (7) |
| PULP | Soft or fleshy plant tissue (4) |
