| MORUS | The mulberry genus - moisture initially spoilt ours (5) |
| SODALIME | Almost nothing that is absorbing moisture, initially, drying mixture (4,4) |
| ROUND | Here We Go ___ the Mulberry Bush, traditional nursery rhyme (5) |
| ORAPE | orange; tree or large shrub in the mulberry and fig family with timber formerly used to make bows (5 |
| IROKO | Tropical hardwood tree of the mulberry family (Moraceae) commonly known as African Teak (5) |
| OSAGE | ___ orange (tree of the mulberry family that produces round, inedible fruit) |
| IPOH | Mulberry genus |
| FIGS | Used as the scent of some luxury candles, fruits of a tree in the mulberry family, eaten straight from the vine, dried, poached in wine or baked in tarts (4) |
| SILKWORM | The larva of a particular Chinese moth, which feeds on the leaves of the mulberry tree (8) |
| ALLAROUND | "___ the mulberry bush, the monkey..." |
| FIG | Fruit of a tree in the mulberry family used to make some varieties of Christmas pudding or pastry biscuits in the form of rolls (3) |
| OSAGEORANGE | North American tree of the mulberry family, known in French as bois d'arc ('bow-wood'); Maclura pomifera (5,6) |
| NUTSINMAY | Nursery rhyme sung to the tune of Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (4,2,3) |
| HEREWE | Traffic hit, "... Go Round the Mulberry Bush" (4,2) |
| UPAS | A Javanese tree of the mulberry family (4) |
| EDIBLEFIG | Flowering plant in the mulberry family, Ficus carica (6, 3) |
| TAPA | Bark of the mulberry tree |
| BUSH | "Here We Go Round the Mulberry ___" |
| EARWIG | ___ go round the mulberry bush bug, punningly? (6) |
| HOP | Plant of the mulberry family (3) |
