| NOISETTE | Hybrid of the China rose and the musk rose; a chocolate made with hazelnuts; a medallion of lamb; or, an espresso with a dash of milk (8) |
| BOURBON | A scented hybrid rose; a chocolate sandwich biscuit; or, a royal dynasty whose kings included Henry of Navarre and Louis XIV (7) |
| BUFF | Polish and make shiny, as in the hybrid musk rose '___ Beauty'! (4) |
| COB | Something rounded or sturdy such as a boule of bread, a hazelnut, a lump of coal or a strong thickset type of horse or pony (3) |
| OXLIPS | Yellow paigles or primulas, such as those growing in Oberon's midsummer bank of flowers with musk roses, violets and wild thyme (6) |
| NORTHERNPLANS | Schemes to extend the musk ox grazing area? |
| STINKPOT | Alternative name for the musk turtle (8) |
| NOISETTES | Chocolates made with hazelnuts; or, small, round pieces of boneless lamb (9) |
| CHOP | A jaw; a cut or hew; a change or exchange; a slice of lamb or pork with a bone; or, a sharp downward blow (4) |
| BLUSH | Variety of rose; a pinkish-cream colour, a group of boys; or, a cloudy area on the surface of drying gloss paint (5) |
| WILDE | Author whose book The Happy Prince and Other Tales contains five stories including The Nightingale and the Rose and The Selfish Giant (5) |
| TAYBERRY | Named after Alba's longest river, a dark-red soft fruit that is a hybrid of the bramble and the "framboise" |
| SKALKOTTAS | Nikos ___, Greek composer whose works include the ballets The Beauty with the Rose and The Sea |
| BOYSENBERRY | A hybrid of the loganberry and various other berries that bears a large red edible fruit (11) |
| CAMEO | A medallion, as on a brooch or ring, with a profile head carved in relief (5) |
| CHRISTMAS | - rose, a snow and frost resilient species of hellebore with radiant white blooms in the colder months, often planted to brighten the winter garden (9) |
| BED | A berth, bunk, palliasse, shakedown etc, such as Shakespeare's "second- best" example which he bequeathed to his wife; or, something thusly flat, such as a garden plot of roses, a layer of oysters or |
| EGLANTINE | Another name for the sweetbriar rose, a Eurasian wild rose with a fragrant essential oil used in per |
| UMBERTOECO | What Italian literary critic and semiotician wrote The Name of the Rose, a best-selling murder mystery? |
| POODLE | The moodle is a hybrid of the Maltese and this dog breed |
