| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| NODE | Bud | |
| EYE | Potato bud | |
| CLOVE | Spice bud | |
| LINGUA | Taste bud | |
| PALATE | Taste bud | |
| GEM | A bud. | |
| BUDDED | Of Bud | |
| BUDDING | Of Bud | |
| ALABASTRUM | A flower bud. | |
| REPULLULATE | To bud again. | |
| UNOPENED | Still sealed like Bud? | |
| DUB | Call Bud on return | |
| BLOSSOMED | Prospered when Bud transformed | |
| SOURT | A shoot; a bud. | |
| BURGEON | To bud. See Bourgeon. | |
| BUDDHA | Had Bud unsettled Indian mystic? | |
| EVILEYE | Nasty potato bud? Bad luck! | |
| ABBOTT | Lou Costello's comedy partner: Bud | |
| NIP | Halt, ... in the bud | |
| SHOOT | To germinate; to bud; to sprout. | |
| OCULUS | An eye; (Bot.) a leaf bud. | |
| SUBDUED | Unusually quiet, Bud used to break down | |
| NIPIN | Halt the growth of, ... the bud | |
| BUTTON | A bud; a germ of a plant. | |
| GEMMULE | A bud produced in generation by gemmation. | |