| BRACKEN | Tail fern (7) |
| OSMUNDA | Genus of plant called flowering fern or royal fern (7) |
| BRITTON | Fern ---, TV personality (7) |
| REGALIS | Osmunda ___ , or royal fern (7) |
| ONOCLEA | Genus of the sensitive fern (7) |
| BLACKEN | Defame Fern after changing sides (7) |
| SNIFTER | Small drink - it's fern brewed! (7) |
| FRESHEN | Fern she cultivated to invigorate (7) |
| BERNICE | ... Mene, former Silver Fern (7) |
| BRACKLA | Wild fern growing in woodlands (7) |
| LANGMAN | Laura -, most-capped Silver Fern (7) |
| LUCERNE | Plant polled fern included in enigmatic clue (7) |
| FERMENT | In fern, I object to take first to produce yeast (7) |
| WOODSIA | Genus or Latin name of the cliff fern - alpine, northern, rusty or smooth (7) |
| FORTUNE | How to get fern out - but it takes a lot of money (7) |
| OSTRICH | Big bird whose plumes evoke name of - - - - - - - feather fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris (7) |
| ARUNCUS | Genus of plant with fern-like leaves, aka 'Goatsbeard' (7) |
| CHERVIL | From the ancient Greek meaning "leaves of joy", a herb with feathery fern-like fronds in the family that includes angelica, cow parsley, fennel and wild carrot (7) |
| CYATHEA | ___ dealbata, the silvery tree fern - somewhat fancy at heart (7) |
| TERRENE | Terrestrial tree fern chopped up, cut fine (7) |
