| CALYX | The sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope |
| SEPAL | Each one of the separate petal- or leaflike parts collectively forming the virent calyx of a flower (5) |
| PLATE | Each one of a series of the rigid layers collectively forming the Earth's lithosphere (5) |
| ORGAN | Any one of the vitals collectively forming the body's viscera (5) |
| SCLERA | White fibrous membrane forming the outer layer of the eyeball, continuous with the cornea (6) |
| SKIN | Tissue forming the outer covering of the vertebrate body (4) |
| COROLLA | Petals of a flower collectively, forming a whorl within the sepals that encloses the reproductive organs (7) |
| SPUR | Part of the sepal of a flower such as aquilegia, honeysuckle, delphinium or orchid for a pollinator's proboscis (4) |
| PERIANTH | The sepals and petals of a flower, collectively (8) |
| PHRASE | A group of words collectively forming a conceptual unit; a sequence of musical notes or dance steps, sometimes likened to a written sentence; or, in the Scots language, flowery, fussy talk about feeli |
| LAW | Body of rules collectively forming a jurisprudence; or, a principle or code of conduct in art, etiquette, honour, morality or a sport such as cricket or tennis (3) |
| LINKS | Type of undulating golf course on sandy soil along a coastline; or, metal rings collectively forming a chain (5) |
| BONES | Dice or dominoes; bobbins for lace-making; osseous structures collectively forming a skeleton; or, a nickname for a doctor or "pill" (5) |
| HANSE | Guild of merchants or traders in medieval Germany, collectively forming a synonymous League (5) |
| MEADOWRUE | Wildflower with yellow sepals, of damp habitat - er, due a mow, anyhow! (6,3) |
| SEPALS | Floral envelope parts |
| PERCUSSION | Cymbals, drums, xylophones and other struck instruments collectively forming an orchestra's kitchen; massage by tapping; or, impact (10) |
| NARCISSI | Daffodils, paperwhites, jonquil and related flowers collectively (8) |
| PLANTKINGDOM | Trees, shrubs and flowers collectively (5,7) |
| COROLLAS | Floral envelopes |
