| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| BUDS | Blooms | |
| ROSES | Damask blooms | |
| FLORAL | Of blooms | |
| ORCHIDS | Exotic blooms | |
| WILDFLOWERS | Meadow blooms | |
| WALLFLOWERS | Native blooms | |
| CROCI | Showy blooms | |
| IRISES | Showy blooms | |
| PEONIES | Showy blooms | |
| BEGONIAS | Showy blooms | |
| VASES | Receptacles for blooms | |
| VASE | Receptacle for blooms | |
| SWEETPEAS | Scented blooms grown in pods | |
| BLOSSOM | Flower madly blooms around start of spring | |
| BLOOMING | The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron. | |
| CHAFERY | An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars. | |
| BLOOMERY | A furnace and forge in which wrought iron in the form of blooms is made directly from the ore, or (more rarely) from cast iron. | |