| ANKHS | Symbols of life |
| ANKH | Imran Khan: "Bank holiday, thank heavens", revealing three of the symbols of life (4) |
| CHAI | Judaism's symbol of life; or, sweet milky Assam, Ceylon or Darjeeling tea infused with a masala of cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ginger etc (4) |
| ACORN | Symbol of life in Octavia E. Butler's "Parable of the Sower" |
| TAU | Ancient symbol of life |
| COW | Sacred symbol of life |
| HEARTBEAT | Symbol of life |
| AZURE | The shade associated with the Dragon of the East, one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellati |
| ROSES | Red and white symbols of the opponents in a 15th-century series of English dynastic wars (5) |
| WEDDINGRINGS | Otis flies, noted Spooner of the symbols of marriage (7,5) |
| COWNFLOWERS | With edible petals used in tea blends, blue blooms known as bachelor's buttons; botanical symbols of Estonia and of remembrance in France (11) |
| HAMMER | Pound - one of the symbols of old European country? (6) |
| HEATHER | Evergreen moorland shrub also called ling; one of the floral symbols of Scotland (7) |
| HOLLY | From the start, leaf was among the most sacred of symbols of Christmas (5) |
| LOVE | In most cultures, pairs of doves are symbols of ___ |
| PRIMROSE | Related to cowslips and oxlips, one of the floral symbols of February with violet, often blooming in the countryside around Mothering Sunday (8) |
| JEWELS | Crown -; symbols of the British monarchy that are held in the Tower of London (6) |
| SCALLOP | Clam whose shells are used as symbols of the Camino de Santiago, or Way of St James (7) |
| LEEK | Vegetable that is one of the national symbols of Wales |
| FLOWERCHILD | Said of a hippy, who wore floral symbols of peace and love (6,5) |
