| Mac |
| Pal |
| Deb |
| Chum |
| Germ |
| Bloom |
| Fella |
| Amigo |
| Crony |
| Gemma |
| Taste |
| Sprout |
| Floret |
| Shoot! |
| Develop |
| Bloomer |
| Blossom |
| Compadre |
| Bar order |
| Bundy son |
| Germinate |
| Vase item |
| Close pal |
| Plant part |
| Any fellow |
| Baby bloom |
| Rose-to-be |
| Social deb |
| Potato eye |
| Spring sign |
| Bit of weed |
| Caper, e.g. |
| Smoked part |
| Future leaf |
| Bloom-to-be |
| Frost victim |
| Immature one |
| Comic Abbott |
| Baby bloomer |
| Future bloom |
| Spring sight |
| Baby blossom |
| Flower-to-be |
| Flower source |
| Lou's partner |
| Unopened rose |
| Spring growth |
| Flower child? |
| Blossom-to-be |
| Future flower |
| Future bloomer |
| Future freesia |
| Lou's sidekick |
| Nascent flower |
| Man-cave guest |
| Putative pansy |
| Unnamed fellow |
| Future blossom |
| Rose, at first |
| Begin blooming |
| Unopened bloom |
| Flower starter |
| Sign of spring? |
| Item for a vase |
| Relative of Mac |
| Would-be flower |
| Begin to flower |
| Unopened flower |
| Man cave invitee |
| Flower, at first |
| Unopened blossom |
| Begin to develop |
| Potential flower |
| Bloom's beginning |
| Nipped in the ___ |
| Unexpanded flower |
| Beginning blossom |
| Early development |
| Undeveloped flower |
| Generic guy's name |
| Sir, less formally |
| Palmer or Wilkinson |
| Undeveloped blossom |
| Not quite a bloomer |
| Harbinger of spring |
| Kind of mite or moth |
| Bromance participant |
| Cheap beer at a show |
| Rose before it grows |
| Close one, these days |
| Item for a small vase |
| Not-yet-opened flower |
| Small unopened flower |
| Future flower blossom |
| ___ Light (beer brand) |
| Best ___ (closest pal) |
| Lou Costello's partner |
| Father Knows Best" son |
| Lou's partner in comedy |
| Partially opened flower |
| Popular brew, for short |
| Al and Peggy Bundy's son |
| Common bar order, briefly |
| Something about to develop |
| Wilkinson of football lore |
| ___ Light Lime (beer brand) |
| AKA Willard Zebedee (Estey) |
| Baseball commissioner Selig |
| Beer or weed, take your pick |
| Best ___ (one's closest pal) |
| First name of a straight man |
| Three 6 Mafia "Where's Da ___ |
| ___ Light (Anheuser-Busch beer) |
| King of beers" brand, for short |
| Half of the "Who's on First?" duo |
| Former baseball commissioner Selig |
| Nip in the ___ (put an early end to) |
| Flower blossom that hasn't opened yet |
| It will eventually open into a flower |
| Nip in the ___ (put an early stop to) |
| Nip in the ___ (promptly put a stop to) |
| The world's best-selling beer, for short |
| Sign of spring in four places in this puzzle |
| ___ vase (small container for a single flower) |
| Sign of spring, hidden four times in this puzzle |