| SADI | Persian poet of " Garden of Roses" |
| ZOOLOGICAL | Australian retreated over sound of garden of animals |
| OMARTIP | Piece of advice from a Persian poet |
| RUMI | Persian poet for whom one of Beyonce and JayaÂÂ -aÂÂ Z's children is named |
| OMARKHAYYAM | Persian poet, mathematician, and astronomer, noted for the Rubaiyat, a collection of quatrains, popularised in the West by Edward FitzGerald |
| OMAR | ---- Khayyam, Persian poet |
| KHAYYAM | Persian poet (4,7) |
| RHEUMY | Persian poet sounds affected by cold (6) |
| DRAB | Dull Persian poet (4) |
| OMARCAYENNE | Persian poet that penned peppery poetry? |
| LIRA | Currency depicting the Persian poet Rumi |
| RUMINATIVE | Contemplative Persian poet born here |
| SADIS | Persian poet |
| CHAPLET | From Old French for "garland of roses" and "hat", a word for a wreath of flowers or foliage for the head; a circlet of gold; or, a string of beads, one-third of a rosary in length (7) |
| IDIOMS | Expressions with figurative or peculiar meanings - "piece of cake", "bed of roses", "apple of one's eye" to name a few (6) |
| BED | Area for plants in the garden, as in the daylily varieties '___ of Roses' and '___ of Nails' (3) |
| PEYTON | Author of a number of books for children and young people, including Apple Won't Jump, Fly-by-Night, A Pattern of Roses, The Scruffy Pony as well as her classic Flambards novels that were adapted to s |
| HALLOUMI | Introduction to a Persian poet not right - it's cheese (8) |
| SCENE | Part of "A Loss of Roses" |
| FRESHENER | One of those studying admits layer can come up smelling of roses (9) |
