| Tiny item in a flowerpot | 24 |
| Tiny spores | 11 |
| Small spores | 12 |
| Young plant | 11 |
| Young tree | 10 |
| Babe in a nursery? | 18 |
| Young ones in a nursery | 23 |
| Newly sprouted trees | 20 |
| Venture capital | 15 |
| Burpee, for one | 15 |
| Providers of startup money | 26 |
| Start-up capital | 16 |
| Farm subsidy? | 13 |
| Start-off funds | 15 |
| Reward for a ranked player? | 27 |
| Investment in a new business | 28 |
| Initial funds | 13 |
| First capital | 13 |
| Entreprenurial need | 19 |
| Entrepreneur's request | 26 |
| React, as to twins | 18 |
| Have vision trouble | 19 |
| They're suitable to be transplanted to another bed | 54 |
| Gem weighing less than ¼ grain | 33 |
| Tiny, valuable beads | 20 |
| Material for a necklace | 23 |
| Snowpea, for one | 16 |
| Bean container | 14 |
| It may split when ripe | 22 |
| Whence peas | 11 |
| Prickly part of a nicker plant | 30 |
| Pea or bean feature | 19 |
| Pea body? | 9 |
| Legume, e.g. | 12 |
| "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" vessel | 49 |
| They split when ripe | 20 |
| Edamame eater's discards | 28 |
| Canary chow | 11 |
| Watermelon throwaways | 21 |
| Tournament favorites | 20 |
| Likely winners | 14 |
| Gardener's purchases | 24 |
| Progenitors | 11 |
| Nursery packets | 15 |
| Garden starters | 15 |
| Core feature | 12 |
| Sprouts-to-be | 13 |
| Spores | 6 |
| Flower children? | 16 |
| What sultana grapes lack | 24 |
| They may be sown | 16 |
| Starts a lawn | 13 |
| Garden plantings | 16 |
| Bun toppers | 11 |
| Bird-feeder filler | 18 |
| Bed starter | 11 |
| What navel oranges lack | 23 |
| Trail-mix tidbits | 17 |
| Top competitors, often | 22 |
| They may be the pits | 20 |
| They get their start underground | 32 |
| The higher ones are usually better | 34 |
| Ripened ovules | 14 |
| Ranks contestants | 17 |
| Plant starters | 14 |
| Metaphorical sources | 20 |
| Likely finalists | 16 |
| Lawn order | 10 |
| Horticultural requirements | 26 |
| Horticultural beginnings | 24 |
| Goldfinch snacks | 16 |
| Canary snacks | 13 |
| Bird-feeder fill | 16 |
| Bird-feeder bits | 16 |
| Bird feeder bits | 16 |
| Bird feed | 9 |
| What Tears for Fears were "Sowing" | 44 |
| What Tears For Fears sowed | 26 |
| Watermelon features | 19 |
| Vegetable producers | 19 |
| Uses a gin | 10 |
| Tournament rankings | 19 |
| Tournament drawings | 19 |
| Top players in a tournament | 27 |
| Third-day creations | 19 |
| Things to plant | 15 |
| Things put in rows | 18 |
| They may be upset in tournaments | 32 |
| They may be on a roll | 21 |
| Tennis rankings | 15 |
| Supplies with startup money | 27 |
| Supplies with startup funds | 27 |
| Supplies with start-up money | 28 |
| Sunflower snacks | 16 |
| Sunflower products | 18 |
| Sunflower features | 18 |
| Sultana grapes' lack | 24 |
| Start to produce? | 17 |
| Start of some things big? | 25 |
| Springsteen song he planted? | 28 |