| BRACKEN | What name is given to a widespread tall fern with coarse lobed fronds? (7) |
| INTOFERNS | Digging plants with fronds? |
| LEAF | Frond? Indeed! |
| PLATOON | What name is given to a body of soldiers, subdivision of a company? (7) |
| CANVASS | What politician may do with coarse material on son (7) |
| CAPSULE | Characteristic of the daisy family Compositae, what name is given to a dry single-seeded fruit that |
| JOHNDOE | In the US, what name is given to a hypothetical average man? (4,3) |
| ABUSIVE | Reviling with coarse language (7) |
| HESSIAN | Nazi leader and Scotsman with coarse material (7) |
| BROUGHT | Fetched bachelor team leader with coarse heart (7) |
| MAIDENHAIR | Popular name for Adiantum, a small fern with delicate fronds (10) |
| CANON | What name is given to a clerical dignitary attached to a cathedral? (5) |
| MUTINEER | What name is given to a serviceman, especially a sailor, who refuses to obey orders? (8) |
| JEWEL | What name is given to a hard precious stone used as a pivot for hearings in a watch? (5) |
| FRENCHMUSTARD | Exotic fern with mud and starch found on the table (6,7) |
| AARONSROD | A widespread Eurasian plant, with woolly leaves and tall erect spikes of yellow flowers (6,3) |
| TOBY | What name is given to a jug made in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-corner hat? (4) |
| EPEE | In fencing, what name is given to the long, narrow sword with a blunted point? (4) |
| CENTRALBANK | What name is given to a nation's principal financial institution? (7,4) |
| RODENT | What name is given to a gnawing mammal such as a rat or mouse? (6) |
