| ROSEPETAL | Real poet's written about a bit of a floribunda (4-5) |
| BENJONSON | English playwright and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (3,6) |
| POLYANTHA | Meaning "multiflora", a clustering rose, such as a floribunda (9) |
| 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) |
| LARRIKINS | Poet's written about the origins of rage in Australian hooligans |
| HEADBOARD | Leading poet's written about love that is on the bed (9) |
| BILLIARDS | Game? Poet's written about harmful one |
| IMPARTIAL | Just one Roman poet's written about power (9) |
| COLERIDGE | With 17 I'd written about a poet |
| REMAINDER | Note written about a surplus (9) |
| ROSE | Got up like a floribunda perhaps (4) |
| HOTCHOCOLATE | A floribunda rose with russet brown flowers - provides a warming cocoa drink (3,9) |
| ROSEBOWLS | Ornamental often-collectable crystal, opalescent, peach-blow, silver or Victorian glass vessels, either for freshly cut damasks, floribundas and hybrid teas or for dried potpourris (9) |
| ABOARD | A poet's written about love on a cruise? (6) |
| ABELIA | Mexican shrub with a floribunda species that has bright purple magenta pendulous flowers (6) |
| ROSIEST | Healthiest-looking - and most like a floribunda? (7) |
| LARRIKIN | Poet's written about return of Irish hooligan (8) |
| SUSPENDERS | English poet's written about American method of keeping one's pants on |
| TOILETROLL | Poet's written about dwarf feature of the smallest room |
| ABELARD | A poet's written about the Spanish monk |
