| HYPES | 'High ___', optimistic-sounding variety of Rose (5) |
| BLUSH | Variety of rose; a pinkish-cream colour, a group of boys; or, a cloudy area on the surface of drying gloss paint (5) |
| ROPES | Ties a variety of rose around top of pergola (5) |
| MAYBE | Optimistic-sounding musical that cleaned up at the Tony Awards (5,5,6) |
| HAPPY | Optimistic-sounding musical that cleaned up at the Tony Awards (5,5,6) |
| LOADS | Original Gardeners' Question Time panellist, and a variety of Rose (4,5) |
| OSIER | One found inside variety of rose willow (5) |
| LOSER | Figure the new variety of rose is a non prize winner (5) |
| GORSE | Good variety of rose or evergreen shrub (5) |
| CHINA | Variety of rose bud |
| ROSIE | Optimistic-sounding girl |
| ENDING | Optimistic-sounding musical that cleaned up at the Tony Awards (5,5,6) |
| BOURBON | Variety of rose; a type of chocolate sandwich biscuit; whiskey used for mint julep; or, royal house of French origin (7) |
| SORETHUMB | Variety of rose with identifying 24, outstanding digital feature (4,5) |
| HORSETAIL | Plant variety of rose ahead of time in bad weather (9) |
| FRED | Original Gardeners' Question Time panellist, and a variety of Rose (4,5) |
| ROSSINI | Composer's optimistic-sounding girl almost admitting offence |
| BPOSITIVE | Optimistic-sounding blood type |
| ABRAHAM | '___ Darby', variety of rose named after an iron pioneer of the Industrial Revolution (7) |
| SORE | Pressing a variety of rose (4) |
