| FICIFOLIA | Term meaning fig-leaved eg as the leaves of hollyhock Alcea ___ ... official I upset (9) |
| STAYON | Continue to play, eg as the winner of a pub pool game |
| GLADIATE | Sword-shaped, as the leaves of an Iris plant |
| SYCAMORE | From the Greek meaning "fig-mulberry" and with samaras or "helicopters", a tree that shares its family with ackee, horse chestnut, lychee, maple and soapberry (8) |
| ADAM | Fig-leaved figure in many an artwork |
| THRIPS | Small insect might strip head of hollyhock (6) |
| EXECUTIVE | Official I see gets to hang around? |
| ROSEA | Alcea ___ is the formal name for hollyhock (5) |
| ALCEA | Latin name of hollyhocks, flowers with heirloom varieties grown in cottage gardens and farmsteads, depicted in paintings by Helen Allingham (5) |
| SEARCHME | Invitation to customs official I don't know? |
| IMPURE | Corrupt baseball official I swapped with university (6) |
| BROMELIAD | Plant with cup shaped leaf which is a perfect habitat for the tadpole as the leaves capture the water from the rainforest |
| HOLLYHOCK | Tall widely cultivated flowering plant of the genus Alcea with stout hairy stems (9) |
| EAVESDROP | Listen as the leaves pointlessly fall (9) |
| PHOSPHATE | Acid salt used, eg, as a fertiliser |
| PHENOMENA | Tips of pansy, hollyhock and anemone coming up, remarkable things |
| HONEYTRAP | Planted lovely hollyhocks at first, one bunch coming up |
| LATTERDAYSAINTS | The Church of Jesus Christ of ___ , official name of the Mormon church (6-3,6) |
| LASTAUTUMN | NASA finding itself in tumult as the leaves fell previously (4,6) |
| LODGE | The ___, official residence of the prime minister of Australia in Canberra (5) |
