| ROSETOPAZ | A fine variety of a November birthstone, characteristically of a blush, bubble gum, crimson, damask, flushed floribunda or "love stone"-pink tone (4,5) |
| ROBIN | One of a blush, flock, reliant or round of redbreasts or ruddocks (5) |
| TREASON | Gunpowder, ___ and plot, part of a November 5 rhyme (7) |
| NONPAREIL | A fine variety of apple (9) |
| RUD | Word, from "to redden" and homophonous with a fish, for a blush or a flush; a rufescent complexion; a marigold with a rosy face; or, rouge (3) |
| STRAIN | A muscle injury; a melody; a particular variety of a microbe etc; or, intense mental or physical effort (6) |
| MOCHA | Fine variety of coffee |
| ARMAGNAC | Fine variety of brandy |
| SOUCHONG | Fine variety of black tea from China (8) |
| LAPISLAZULI | A brilliant blue variety of a rare mineral, used as a gemstone (5,6) |
| ISOTOPE | A variety of a chemical element with a different mass number to the others (7) |
| CELERIAC | A turnip-rooted variety of a salad vegetable of the Apium genus (8) |
| ACRIMONIOUS | A blush digesting record of debt leaving son to the very end bitter |
| BESSEMER | Alabama city where Amazon "interfered with [its] employees' exercise of a free and reasoned choice" in a warehouse-worker unionization vote, per a November, 2021, N.L.R.B. ruling |
| TOPAZ | November birthstone or a Hitchcock movie |
| REFERENCEYOGURT | Dairy product that hides facts under the lids (from a thicker variety of a dairy product)? |
| BURRITO | Mexican dish, a regional variety of a taco or tortilla filled with food (7) |
| CHOW | Chinese breed of dog with a blush-black tongue (4) |
| CHEEK | Place for blush (or for a blush) |
| MERLOT | A variety of a dark wine grape from France (6) |
