| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CACTI | Prickly plant | |
| BRIAR | Prickly plant | |
| HOLLY | Prickly-leafed plant | |
| THISTLE | Prickly plant | |
| CACTUS | Prickly plant | |
| NETTLE | Prickly plant | |
| TEASEL | Prickly plant | |
| BRAMBLE | Prickly plant | |
| CARLINE THISTLE | A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (C. vulgaris), found in Europe and Asia. | |
| STICK-SEED | A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutlets. | |
| GLASSWORT | ...a herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ... | |
| ARTICHOKE | The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is a... | |