(AMY) STEWART, FLOWER CONFIDENTIAL — From... one lily, you can learn... about how flowers are made. Its anatomy is right there, out in the open — there's no need to go hunting around between crumpled petals to find a stamen or a stigma the way you might with a rose.
| A. | Big and bold; attention-getting | SHOWY |
| B. | Scottish national emblem | THISTLE |
| C. | Pleasingness to the ear | EUPHONY |
| D. | Hopeful as a swain; suppliant | WOOER |
| E. | Houseplant with a striking spathe and spadix | ANTHURIUM |
| F. | "I Can't Stop Loving You" singer, 1962 (2 wds.) | RAYCHARLES |
| G. | Process of cultivation | TILTH |
| H. | Soft spot in a neonate's skull | FONTANEL |
| I. | What Vishnu is often depicted atop | LOTUS |
| J. | Instrument played with all four limbs | ORGAN |
| K. | Shriveled, as from a lack of moisture | WITHERED |
| L. | Surround with greenery | EMBOWER |
| M. | Passionate, sizzling (hyph.) | REDHOT |
| N. | Name connected with a crime on February 14, 1929 | CAPONE |
| O. | Hummingbird attractor also known as bee balm (2 wds.) | OSWEGOTEA |
| P. | Seed from whose aril mace is made | NUTMEG |
| Q. | Fragrant bloomer with a long vase life | FREESIA |
| R. | Place taxonomically | IDENTIFY |
| S. | Jay's obsession in "The Great Gatsby" | DAISY |
| T. | Coconut meat, in botanical terms | ENDOSPERM |
| U. | Automaton too tiny to see with the naked eye | NANOBOT |
| V. | Dance whose name is a letter in the phonetic alphabet | TANGO |
| W. | Up close and personal | INTIMATE |
| X. | Blue bloomer in many a rock garden | AGERATUM |
| Y. | Lepidopteran with green wings (2 wds.) | LUNAMOTH |