| WAR | "The -- of the Roses" |
| WARS | The - of the Roses, medieval struggles for royal succession (4) |
| YORKIST | Represented by a white rose, any one of the rivals of the Lancastrians during the Wars of the Roses (7) |
| BOSWORTHFIELD | The site of the battle in English history that ended the Wars of the Roses (8,5) |
| YORKISTS | Rivals of the Lancastrians during the Wars of the Roses (8) |
| BOSWORTH | _ Field, site of the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (8) |
| LANCASTER | Which Royal House was in opposition to the House of York in the Wars of the Roses? (9) |
| TEWKESBURY | Gloucestershire town, the scene of a decisive battle in the Wars of the Roses |
| KINGMAKER | Epithet given to Richard Neville. the 16th Earl of Warwick. for his role in the Wars of the Roses (9) |
| TOWTON | Battle of -, North Yorkshire conflict in the Wars of the Roses fought on Palm Sunday, March, 1461 |
| LANCASTRIAN | Partisan of Henry VI's side in the Wars of the Roses (11) |
| FLORALHISTORY | Study of the War of the Roses in Tallahassee? |
| RED | Colour of the Wars of the Roses rose (3) |
| YORK | House that battled with Lancaster in the Wars of the Roses |
| RAMBLINGLY | How the garrulous gardener spoke of the roses? (10) |
| THORNY | Problematic - if apt - might describe the War of the Roses, perhaps? (6) |
| TUDOR | House that rose to power a er the War of the Roses |
| THERESNOWTSOQUEERASFOLK | Eccentric Wars of the Roses lot, queen and king, proving this? |
| LANCASHIRE | Yorkshire rugby league's War of the Roses opponent (10) |
| NAME | Sean Connery drama, The...of the Rose (4) |
