| MIRABELLA | Sweet yellow European species of plum distilled to make a colourless liqueur (9) |
| COINTREAU | A colourless liqueur with orange flavouring (9) |
| TRIPLESEC | A colourless liqueur with orange flavouring (6,3) |
| ROSE | With petals distilled to make facial toner and fruits/hips simmered in sugar to make syrup, a flower in the apple family traditionally symbolising love (4) |
| AGAVE | From "illustrious", a succulent, such as the century plant or the blue species whose jimador-harvested pinas are distilled to make tequila (5) |
| LOIR | A large European species of dormouse (4) |
| AVOCET | The European species of this wading bird is black and white except for blue legs |
| ROSES | Flowers bred by the late David Austin with petals which may be distilled to fragrance soaps, candles and scents (5) |
| MIRABELLE | A small sweet yellow plum used for making a liqueur (9) |
| GREENGAGE | A very sweet variety of plum (9) |
| SUBPHYLUM | Classification of plum with bushy tangles (9) |
| CRABAPPLE | Sour fruit, half of plum eaten by two animals (4-5) |
| LASTTRUMP | Ingredients of plum tarts arranged for the final trick (4,5) |
| ROSEAPPLE | Fruit taste of plums softly penetrating wine and beer (4,5) |
| CUSTODY | Stir for a while something like a sweet yellow sauce you say? (7) |
| EEL | Fish whose European species breeds in the Sargasso Sea |
| PIKE | This predatory fish can be five feet long in European species |
| LIMETREE | Just over three feet in length, European species that bears fruit |
| ALDER | Betulaceous tree whose commonest European species (Alnus glutinosa) has sticky foliage and catkins (5) |
| ALLGOLD | A sweet, yellow-flowering raspberry - completely touched by Midas? (3,4) |