| SMELLED | Enjoyed a rose |
| STEIN | Gertrude who wrote "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose" |
| GERTRUDESTEIN | US writer (1874-1946) who in the 1913 Poem Sacred Emily wrote Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose (8,5) |
| BOUQUET | From "bush, wood", word for a clump of arbors originally, now a bunch of flowers; the aroma, nose or perfume of a fragrance/scent, liqueur or wine; a compliment or expression of praise; or, a rose/wed |
| PETALS | After a week or two in a vase, a rose starts to lose its ___ |
| PASTOR | From Latin for "shepherd, feeder", a cleric considered the shepherd of a flock; or, a rose-coloured starling (6) |
| COMPASS | A navigational device known as a rose when depicted on a map (7) |
| STEM | Part of a rose or a glass of rose |
| BLACKSPOT | A rose gardener's bane of leaf blight; a road where danger lurks; or, in Treasure Island, a pirate's mark of condemnation, death or doom (5,4) |
| CLOSEUP | Photo of a raindrop on a rose |
| EROS | A rose for a little lover |
| OSIER | I see a rose on a willow! |
| TETANUS | Disease that can be caused by a prick from a rose thorn (7) |
| BUD | Flower power: What a rose might call a good friend that hasn't bloomed yet |
| OBOE | Instrument with a solo in Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" |
| RAMBLER | A trailing, climbing plant, especially a rose with small clustered flowers (7) |
| EOSIN | Name, from the Greek for "dawn" in reference to a rose colour it imparts to silk, of a red fluorescent dye (5) |
| PICASSO | Which painter had a blue and a rose period? (7) |
| SEMINAL | Kiss from a Rose singer taking a little time, being highly original, influential and important (7) |
| ORNAMENTAL | A plant, such as a rose, grown for its beauty rather than utility (10) |
