| POLLEN | The fertilising powder, typically yellow, found in the male part of a flower (6) |
| STAMEN | The fertilising organ of a flowering plant (6) |
| FENNEL | Five-spice powder typically contains cinnamon, cloves, star anise, peppercorns and what? (6) |
| ORMER | Shell that's yellow found by sea in France |
| ANTHER | Part of a stamen where pollen is produced; the male part of a flower (6) |
| POLLENCOUNT | Often quoted on weather forecasts, this is the measurement of the number of grains discharged from the male part of a flower, per cubic metre of air (6,5) |
| TENONER | Machine used to make the male part of a common wood joint |
| HASSLE | Annoy flighty lass to be in the male grasp (6) |
| STAMENS | The male parts of a flower (7) |
| MIMOSA | Being typically yellow, many aim so badly! (6) |
| HEROES | Male parts in film having line cut - they're brave! (6) |
| POTASH | Fertilising chemical (6) |
| PRIMROSE | Sit for a painter taking in the border with the ultimate sunflower - a typically yellow flower (8) |
| TENON | With mortise, male part of a joint |
| POLLINATION | Instance of transferring fertilising powder from one flower to another (11) |
| IDOCRASE | Gemstone mineral of the silicate type typically yellow, green or brown in colour; also called vesuvianite (8) |
| POLLINIA | Agglutinated masses of grains of fertilising powder (8) |
| AGENTNOUN | A male part of speech? (5,4) |
| LION | Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male. |
| TANAGER | Any small American songbird of the family Thraupidae, brightly-coloured in the male (7) |