| LEGGY | Tall sunflower in the middle, yellow perhaps? |
| STEM | Tall sunflower portion |
| ASTER | Sunflower, in furniture decoration |
| PAULWELLER | Former Jam singer who had a Top 20 hit with Sunflower in 1993 (4,6) |
| SUNSHADE | Blind to bright yellow, perhaps? (8) |
| PRIMARYCOLOUR | Proper curry, aloo cooked -- yellow perhaps? (7,6) |
| PRIMARYCOLOURS | A type of school flag in red, blue and yellow perhaps (7,7) |
| RIPEN | Tum red or yellow, perhaps |
| ARLES | Where "Three Sunflowers in a Vase" was painted |
| AVASE | "Three Sunflowers in ___" (1888 Van Gogh painting) |
| DYED | Turned yellow, perhaps |
| PRIMROSE | Sit for a painter taking in the border with the ultimate sunflower - a typically yellow flower (8) |
| SACHSIA | Plant in the sunflower family, named in honour of the botanist Julius von Sachs (7) |
| WEST | Pen name of the author of books including The Return of the Soldier, The Fountain Overflows, Sunflower and Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (4) |
| ZINNIA | Plant of the sunflower family in abundance in Mexico (6) |
| BARBARASBUTTONS | Folk name for plants in the sunflower tribe, native to the southern US (8, 7) |
| ARTICHOKE | Jerusalem -; tuber of a plant in the sunflower family, eaten as a vegetable in risottos, soups, gratins and warm salads (9) |
| COMPOSITE | A botanical word for a bloom in the family that includes the chrysanthemum, dahlia, daisy, dandelion and sunflower (9) |
| VENATICI | Canes -; the Hunting Dogs constellation containing the "Heart of Charles" star and the Sunflower and Whirlpool galaxies (8) |
| KANSAS | US state in the mid-west (pop about 3 million), nicknamed the Sunflower State (6) |
