| ELDERFLOWER | There are obviously younger blooms (11) |
| CHUCKLING | Charles and Heather are obviously amused (9) |
| SECRETS | Under one's hat, they are obviously kept dark (7) |
| CRAGS | 100 wearing torn clothing are obviously on the rocks (5) |
| SLYLY | Some of them are obviously lying in a cunning way (5) |
| AMATEURS | These players are obviously not as mature (8) |
| RAMPS | Swindles are obviously not on the level (5) |
| UNDERWRITERS | Insurers are obviously not well up in authorship (12) |
| BOOMING | When business is doing so, things are obviously not quiet |
| MINORS | They are obviously not old enough to be army officers (6) |
| WALLFLOWERS | Plants with clustered blooms (11) |
| ASPIDISTRAS | Tiny bit of distilled spirit affected blooms (11) |
| FLOWERVASES | In which are displayed the pick of the blooms (6,5) |
| COWNFLOWERS | With edible petals used in tea blends, blue blooms known as bachelor's buttons; botanical symbols of Estonia and of remembrance in France (11) |
| MEADOWSWEET | With almond-honey-scented candyfloss-like blooms, bridewort of fen, riverbank and woodland, said to have been Elizabeth I's favourite strewing herb (11) |
| FLORILEGIUM | From "flower-gathering", a collection of blooms, either real or illustrated in a book; or, a literary anthology, garland or spicilege (11) |
| FLOWERCHAIN | Linked blooms, often made with daisies (6,5) |
| VANDAORCHID | Tropical flower with fragrant five-petal blooms |
| TIGERLILIES | Showy orange blooms |
| SNOWFLOWERS | Japanese shrubs with white blooms |
