| AEROSOLS | Sprays roses a lot, somehow, though short of time |
| SPIKED | Rose a lot |
| HIGHEST | Searchlight missed Carl, somehow, though tallest |
| AUDIO | Though short of time, check old sound system |
| PRESSED | Did the ironing though short of time (7) |
| SCAN | Examine brief though short of time (4) |
| THEHAMMER | see 2dn, It describes a lot - somehow her mum heard ten |
| UNDER | It describes a lot - somehow her mum heard ten (5,3,6) |
| RADIAL | Like Circle Line to be innovative, though short of capital upfront |
| HAL | Prince is healthy, though short of energy |
| 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 |
| ENTERPRISEZONE | Unexpectedly Ritz reopens, even though short of volume, in initially depressed area (10,4) |
| BLUSH | Variety of rose; a pinkish-cream colour, a group of boys; or, a cloudy area on the surface of drying gloss paint (5) |
| 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) |
| ABED | _ ___ of roses: a pleasant and luxurious existence? (1,3) |
| VOLATILE | A vile lot somehow getting explosive (8) |
| COLLEGIATE | Elegiac lot somehow describing a learning institution? (10) |
| ADMIRAL | E.g. Nelson, respectworthy though short and missing end of limb |
| BOURBON | Variety of rose; a type of chocolate sandwich biscuit; whiskey used for mint julep; or, royal house of French origin (7) |
| CHAFER | Rose ---, a beetle having a greenish body with a metallic lustre (6) |
