| STEIN | "Rose is a rose..." author |
| GERTRUDESTEIN | "A rose is a rose is a rose . . ." writer |
| GERTRUDE | "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose, is a rose," wrote ... Stein |
| TAUTOLOGY | "Rose is a rose is a rose." |
| ROBERTFROST | He wrote, 'The rose is a rose, / And was always a rose' |
| EROS | A rose is carried by a young lover |
| STEM | A rose's is thorny |
| TREMAIN | Rose -, author of novels Restoration and The Colour (7) |
| ECO | The Name of the Rose, author (3) |
| MACAULAY | Dame Rose, author of The Towers of Trebizond (8) |
| SARAH | "A Court of Thorns and Roses" author ___ J. Maas |
| GORSE | Note, rambling rose is a prickly shrub |
| BLOOMER | Rose is a product of the bakery (7) |
| HEINEY | Rose -, author of 2008 novel The Days of Judy B |
| UMBERTO | The Name of the Rose writer, ... Eco (7) |
| UMBERTOECO | "The Name of the Rose" writer |
| LOSER | Figure the new variety of rose is a non prize winner (5) |
| APPLETREE | One of the Roses is a cider producer (5,4) |
| 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 |
| ANY | "A rose by ___ other name is a scandal" |
