| HUE | Variety of a colour |
| TINT | A variety of a colour |
| STRAIN | A muscle injury; a melody; a particular variety of a microbe etc; or, intense mental or physical effort (6) |
| LAPISLAZULI | A brilliant blue variety of a rare mineral, used as a gemstone (5,6) |
| ISOTOPE | A variety of a chemical element with a different mass number to the others (7) |
| CELERIAC | A turnip-rooted variety of a salad vegetable of the Apium genus (8) |
| RICHNESS | Number of species within a biological community; affluence; creaminess/butteriness of a food; or, the vividness of a colour (8) |
| TONE | Character of a sound; quality or brilliance of a colour; or, a musical note as an alert on a phone (4) |
| NEON | Very bright version of a colour, reminiscent of a sign illuminated with a gas of the same name (4) |
| MERLOT | A variety of a dark wine grape from France (6) |
| REFERENCEYOGURT | Dairy product that hides facts under the lids (from a thicker variety of a dairy product)? |
| SUGARPEA | Mangetout is a variety of a US grape (5,3) |
| ORCHESTRA | Variety of a sort, Cher performing with a band (9) |
| PLAIN | Variety of a sort, Cher performing with a band (5) |
| BURRITO | Mexican dish, a regional variety of a taco or tortilla filled with food (7) |
| BLUE | Name of a colour used to describe a third full moon in a season; or, by extension, a rare event (4) |
| NAVY | Shade of dark blue reminiscent of a colour of sailors' uniforms; or, a nation's warships collectively (4) |
| FONDANT | From "melting", a melt-in-the-mouth icing for French fancies and other cakes; a sweet made of said paste; or, of a colour, soft or pastel (7) |
| DWARF | Miniature variety of a plant or animal (5) |
| PRALINE | Plainer variety of a sweet filling |
