| THORNLESS | Rose variety spreading north? Not so much |
| DROLLNESS | It's odd, on reflection, Lord North's not so grasping (9) |
| SOUTHERN | Unpleasant about the North? Not necessarily (8) |
| NEVER | Always following North? Not likely! (5) |
| SWEDE | Somewhere in the north (not the north) (5) |
| ENOLAGAY | Noted B29 unescorted, heading north, not straight |
| NESS | Head from German city, going north, not east |
| BORE | Endured one wind from the north, not a second |
| ONTHEOTHERHAND | Alternatively, head north, not upset about ambassador (2,3,5,4) |
| NORSE | New rose variety is Scandinavian (5) |
| DAMASK | The petals of this old rose variety are harvested to make perfume |
| ABRACADABRA | Magical phrase that's also a hybrid tea rose variety (11) |
| KILN | Pottery oven, as in the old rambling rose variety 'Lime ___' (4) |
| ESOTERIC | Cite rose variety that's obscure (8) |
| GOLDENSHOWERS | Galphimia glauca commonly, or a yellow rose variety (6,7) |
| ENA | ___ Harkness, rose variety (3) |
| REREDOS | The screen shows scarlet in rose variety (7) |
| GORES | Sticks note on rose variety |
| SARK | Channel Island, as in the old floribunda rose variety 'Dame of ___' (4) |
| WHITEZIN | Rose variety, for short |
