| CULM | Stem of grass (4) |
| SPIRE | Steeple; blade of grass; apex of a shell such as that of the periwinkle; or, a towering stem of a flower such as a delphinium or foxglove (5) |
| CANE | Stem of osier, bamboo, rattan or reed forming the wickerwork of a bike basket, hamper or an item of Lloyd Loom-style furniture (4) |
| BIND | A stem of the hop plant; a tie in music; the clay between layers of coal; or, a statutory constraint (4) |
| CORM | Meaning "trunk stripped of its boughs", a subterranean stem of a crocus, crocosmia, cyclamen, freesia gladiolus or meadow saffron, e.g. (4) |
| BULB | From the Greek for "onion", a globular stem of a plant such as the aforesaid or the daffodil; or, an item in this shape, such as the rubber part of a pipette or bicycle horn (4) |
| SPEAR | A leister, pike, trident or other such pointed javelin; a blade of grass; a stem of asparagus; or, a reed (5) |
| BINE | Stem of the hop (4) |
| TAIL | Shadow the stem of a note (4) |
| AROD | "And there shall come forth ___ out of the stem of Jesse .. |
| AXIL | Angle between leaf and stem of a plant (4) |
| ROOT | Underground stem of various plants, eaten as a vegetable (4) |
| VINE | From "fasten, tie", word for a twining stem of honeysuckle, hop, morning glory or other climber/creeper (4) |
| EVIL | "Ignorance, the root and stem of all ___": Plato (4) |
| BOLE | Stem of a tree |
| POST | Stem of a pierced earring |
| POOP | Stem of ship? |
| CUTM | Hollow stem of a cereal plant |
| NODE | A point on the stem of a plant from which a leaf springs |
| SPRIG | Little stem of flowers, foliage or berries; or, a representation of thus in the form of an embroidered motif or of a low-relief ornament applied to greenware (5) |
