| BOTANIC | Royal - Gardens, Kew; centre of plant and mycological research which is a popular visitor attraction (7) |
| THESIS | Long dissertation, based on original research, which is presented for a doctorate (6) |
| OXEYE | Steer by centre of plant |
| FINALIST | Soccer group roster including popular visitor to Wembley? |
| HERBARIUM | Collection of preserved and catalogued plants for scientific study, such as the one at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (9) |
| ORANGERIES | With examples at Kensington Palace, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Heveningham Hall, large architectural glasshouses originally for growing citrus trees and exotic plants (10) |
| FRIARY | Brothers live here, till removed from middle of plant |
| AGAVE | Middle of plant yielded sisal, say |
| UMBO | Boss of a shield; or, a mycological term for the top of a mushroom (4) |
| FORGETMENOT | Low-growing plant of the borage family which is a popular ornamental (6-2-3) |
| PICAPICA | A type of stew which is a popular tapas dish, the most common form in Mallorca has cuttlefish as its main ingredient (4,4) |
| IPANEMA | District of Rio de Janeiro which is a popular holiday resort (7) |
| JAIPUR | India's so-called 'Pink City', which is a popular tourist destination (6) |
| EDENPROJECT | This visitor attraction in Cornwall opened at the beginning of June last year -- a leading track eventer was at the opening ceremony, which was very well organised (4,7) |
| HAYTOR | On 7th September, we left Beaworthy and travelled to visit this visitor attraction, a rocky hill on Dartmoor (6) |
| METROPOLITAN | The --- Museum of Art, visitor attraction on the edge of New York's Central Park (12) |
| FUNGI | Kingdom of mycological life that includes the chicken of the woods, elf cups, ink-caps, King Alfred's cakes, penny-buns and puffballs (5) |
| CANARY | Small finch which is a popular yellow cagebird (6) |
| PICNICKING | Gets a bite lying on the grass with a royal garden party host? (10) |
| HUMUS | Organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of plant and animal matter (5) |
