| GERTRUDESTEIN | US writer (1874-1946) who in the 1913 Poem Sacred Emily wrote Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose (8,5) |
| STEIN | Writer whose poem Sacred Emily features the line "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose"; or, a type of beer mug (5) |
| CHESTERTON | English writer, 1874-1936, who created the priest-detective Father Brown (10) |
| SOMERSETMAUGHAM | English writer (1874-1965) (8,7) |
| HENSLOWE | Elizabethan bear-baiter, diarist and impresario who co-founded or established former theatres including the Fortune, the Hope and the Rose (8) |
| RISARISARISAR | Oft-misquoted line from 'Sacred Emily' |
| TUTORESS | Teacher expresses disapproval about naughty Rose (8) |
| ASCENDED | So far, carbon destroyed rose (8) |
| NOISETTE | Hybrid rose (8) |
| VERNE | "Mysterious Island" author (1874) |
| RUDYARDKIPLING | He wrote, 'Roses red and roses white / Plucked I for my love's delight' |
| GERTRUDE | "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose, is a rose," wrote ... Stein |
| TAUTOLOGY | "Rose is a rose is a rose." |
| ROBERTFROST | He wrote, 'The rose is a rose, / And was always a rose' |
| WCFIELDS | Comedian and actor, 1880-1946, who said: "I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women. The other half I wasted" (1,1,6) |
| DAVISON | Emily, suffragette who died after being trampled by the horse Anmer at the 1913 Epsom Derby (7) |
| VERSACE | Gianni, Italian fashion designer born in 1946 who created outfits for Princess Diana (7) |
| ALANKNOTT | Kent wicket-keeper born in 1946, who won 95 Test caps for England (4,5) |
| POCOCK | Pat, off-spinner born in 1946 who played for Surrey and England (6) |
| KEYNES | English economist, 1883-1946, who revolutionised economic thinking during the Great Depression (6) |
