| ONLY | Solely, single and solitary - as in the rose cultivar 'For Your Eyes ' (4) |
| WOW | Exclamation, perhaps given when you see someone's massive pumpkin, as in the rose variety 'Oh ___', or Dahlia 'The Big ___' (3) |
| TROLL | Ginkgo biloba cultivar for a provocative internet poster? (5) |
| SPITFIRE | A fiery-orange Montbretia/Crocosmia cultivar... for a quick-tempered person (8) |
| EBENEZERSCROOGE | Dickens character described as "hard and sharp as flint . . secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster" (8,7) |
| OYSTER | "Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an ____" (A Christmas Carol) |
| LONE | At fifty, single and solitary (4) |
| AVON | River of Stratford and a bushy, spreading rose cultivar (4) |
| ELLE | This pale pink hybrid tea rose cultivar is also a well-established woman's magazine! (4) |
| SLOE | Plant in the rose family also known as the blackthorn (4) |
| EROS | Find a place for an old god in the rose-garden (4) |
| AGES | It's a long time to be up in the rose garden (4) |
| SEEM | Appear in "The Rose, Emblem of England" (4) |
| UCLA | Team that plays its home games in the Rose Bowl |
| ANNA | Magnani in "The Rose Tattoo" |
| PEAR | Fruit in the rose family |
| SUNLIGHT | Nearest star, as in the miniature rose cultivar 'Port ___'! (8) |
| ALLDONE | Little lord in solitary, as said before use of gavel (3,4) |
| ALONE | A man, single and solitary (5) |
| DACAPO | Rose cultivar name meaning 'from the beginning', marked DC in sheet music (6) |
