| FUCHSIA | Showy flower named after a 16th century German botanist (7) |
| LUTHERAN | A Protestant following the teachings of a 16th-century German monk (8) |
| DAHLIA | Showy flower named after Swedish botanist Anders Dahl |
| IRIS | Showy flower named after the Greek Goddess of rainbow |
| SUSSEX | College of the University of Cambridge named after a 16th Century countess (6,6) |
| SIDNEY | College of the University of Cambridge named after a 16th Century countess (6,6) |
| COHN | Ferdinand ___, 19th-century German botanist and biologist credited with founding the science of bacteriology (4) |
| SNAPDRAGON | Showy flower named for a fantasy creature |
| LOBELIA | Genus of plants with five-lobed flowers named after a Flemish botanist (7) |
| TEAROSE | Flower named after a drink |
| FREESIA | Plant named after a German botanist, cultivated for its white, yellow or pink fragrant flowers (7) |
| OTHMAYR | Caspar ?, 16th-century German composer and theologian whose works include There is a Snow Fallen (7) |
| HOLBEIN | Hans ___, 16th-century German artist (7) |
| WEIGELA | Ornamental shrub named after German botanist |
| BANKSIA | Flower named after the Endeavour's botanist (7) |
| ERASTIANISM | Doctrine that the state should supersede the Church in ecclesiastical matters, named (erroneously) after a 16th-century Swiss theologian (11) |
| RAFFLES | With an ant, butterfly fish, horse race, woodpecker and the world's largest flower named after him, a statesman and naturalist who founded Singapore, the Zoological Society of London and London Zoo (7 |
| WILLIAM | Sweet flower named after 21Ac 1Ac, heir to the throne (7) |
| PRIMERO | A 16th and 17th Century card game which originated in Spain or Italy (7) |
| CLARKIA | North American plant cultivated for its red, pink or purple flowers named after explorer William Clark (7) |
