| EVERGREEN | Tree or plant that retains its foliage all year round such as bay, box, pine, rosemary or yew (9) |
| BULLSEYE | Something round, such as a crown glass, lantern lens, mint sweet, oculus or a target's centre (5-3) |
| DISC | Something flat and round, such as a CD, cutter of a harrow, daisy's "eye", gramophone record, quoit, plate or an old tax label for a motor vehicle (4) |
| ROTA | From the Latin for "wheel", a round, such as Sumer is icumen in a cycle of duty; a schedule; or, a hurdy-gurdy (4) |
| HOSTA | Garden plant prized for its foliage |
| CAMOMILE | Herb whose name means "earth-apple" owing to the fragrance of its foliage and daisy-like blossoms planted to form lawns or steeped to make relaxing tisanes and tonics (8) |
| LAUREL | Its foliage is a symbol of victory |
| TOPIARIST | Word for a "fancy gardener" or plant sculptor who clips living bay, boxwood, holly, privet or yew trees into ornamental shapes as enduring works of art in the landscape (9) |
| ABORIGINE | What word is used to describe a person, animal or plant that has been in a country from earliest times? (9) |
| CARNIVORE | Animal or plant that feeds on flesh (9) |
| STALEMATE | Impasse as bay abandons horse from the same yard (9) |
| LAVENDER | Sea -; coastal flower in the family that includes thrift or sea pink that retains its purple colour when dried (8) |
| CONIFER | Tree or shrub such as the pine, fir or yew (7) |
| ISOMORPH | Organism that retains its shape as it grows |
| ROTUND | Word that retains its meaning when its third letter is removed |
| BEST | Verb that retains its meaning if its third letter is changed to a |
| SUPER | Word that retains its meaning when a B is added to the end of it |
| SOLITON | Single wave that retains its shape and speed after a collision |
| DUH | Word that retains its meaning when preceded by "no" |
| OOPS | Interjection that retains its meaning when wh- is added to the front |
