| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| BUSH | Prickly shrub | |
| BRAMBLE | Prickly shrub | |
| BRIAR | Prickly shrub | |
| GORSE | Prickly shrub | |
| RASPBERRY | Prickly shrub with red berries | |
| PRICKLY | Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub. | |
| FINGRIGO | A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia. The fruit is a kind of berry. | |
| POINCIANA | A prickly tropical shrub (Caesalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments. | |