| PERIWINKLE | sea snail or shade of blue |
| TEAL | Freshwater duck or shade of blue |
| COBALT | Element, or shade of blue (6) |
| CATSEYE | Name of a chartreuse-yellow variety of chatoyant chrysoberyl; a planetary nebula; a reflective road stud; a sea snail; or, a toy marble, reminiscent of an oeil de chat (4-3) |
| HERMIT | --- crab, a nocturnal, softbodied crustacean, living in the empty shell of a sea snail or similar molluscs (6) |
| BONNET | Word that links with "Scotch" for a fairy-ring mushroom, a hot habanero chilli pepper, a species of sea snail or a Tam o' Shanter cap (6) |
| CARDINAL | From Latin for "hinge", a senior RC priest, regarded as of pivotal importance, on which everything else turns; or, a fritillary butterfly, redbird or shade of scarlet, in a hue reminiscent of said pre |
| NUANCE | Subtle difference in or shade of meaning or expression or sound (6) |
| PEA | Type of soup or shade of green |
| SAGE | Cooking herb or shade of green |
| TONE | Hue or shade of a colour (4) |
| OLIVE | Oily fruit, or shade of green (5) |
| HUE | Variety or shade of a colour (3) |
| NICETIES | Fine details or shades of meaning (8) |
| NUANCES | Subtle degrees or shades of difference (7) |
| REDS | Many wines or shades of lipstick |
| BLUES | Genre that lets a singer share his woes in song (or shades of turquoise, navy and indigo) |
| RAMSHORN | One of a male sheep's coiled "antlers"; or, something made of or resembling this, such as a shofar, snuffbox, spiral snail or trumpet (4-4) |
| CITRINE | From Old French for "lemon-coloured", a variety of quartz in a hue or shade reminiscent of said fruit (7) |
| SHELL | Exoskeleton of a snail; or, part of tortoise consisting of a carapace, plastron and bridge (5) |
