| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ACACIAS | Flowering shrubs | |
| AZALEAS | Flowering shrubs | |
| SPIREAS | Flowering shrubs | |
| LILACS | Flowering shrubs | |
| AZALEA | A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron. | |
| POLYGALA | A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc.); milkwort. | |