| ODOURLESS | Unscented old roses lead to unusual stir (9) |
| HOME | Demand from nationalist poet leads to unusual literary event (4,4) |
| TANTRUM | Heartless insult leads to unusual outburst (7) |
| RULE | Demand from nationalist poet leads to unusual literary event (4,4) |
| CARRYON | Scene leads to unusual parts, getting the pass for film (5,2,2,3,6) |
| UPTHE | Scene leads to unusual parts, getting the pass for film (5,2,2,3,6) |
| KHYBER | Scene leads to unusual parts, getting the pass for film (5,2,2,3,6) |
| TRICORNS | Unusual stir about hackneyed items, things in the 'old hat' category? |
| MISTRESS | She produces an unusual stir in the army canteen! (8) |
| RESTHOMES | They care for the old roses, playing with them |
| PHENOMENA | Wayward he-man open to unusual things (9) |
| EXECUTORS | Will distributors of old rose cut redistribution? (9) |
| ANALOGOUS | Corresponding in function to unusual gold lagoons |
| FISHPASTE | Ship's spread contributing to unusual feast? |
| ODORLESS | Can't be smelled (OLD ROSES anagram) (8) |
| SLASH | Guns "n" Roses lead guitarist. (5) |
| AXL | Guns N' Roses lead singer, ... Rose (3) |
| SNAKEPIT | Slash's ___, hard rock band formed by Guns N' Roses lead guitarist Slash in 1993 |
| YORKIST | Risky to trouble old rose fancier |
| DAMASK | The petals of this old rose variety are harvested to make perfume |