| BLUSH | Variety of rose; a pinkish-cream colour, a group of boys; or, a cloudy area on the surface of drying gloss paint (5) |
| BOURBON | Variety of rose; a type of chocolate sandwich biscuit; whiskey used for mint julep; or, royal house of French origin (7) |
| MAJOR | Word appended to the surname of the senior of two brothers at the same school for boys; or, a rank above captain (5) |
| BEVY | Group (of boys or girls) |
| LORDOFTHEFLIES | Novel by William Golding about a group of boys stuck on an uninhabited island (4,2,3,5) |
| NEBULA | Unable to make out cloudy area (6) |
| SKY | Cloudy area? |
| 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 |
| TROOPREDDITORS | Users who post about a group of Boy Scouts, then upvote it? |
| ABED | _ ___ of roses: a pleasant and luxurious existence? (1,3) |
| SKIES | Cloudy areas |
| BUSTER | Something large or impressive; a destroyer of colds, crimes, dams or gangs, for example; a horse-breaker; a frolic or a roisterer; a US term for a boy; or, a southerly Australian gale (6) |
| BUNCHES | Word for bobs of cherries, clusters of grapes, groups of boys, handfuls of flowers, hands of bananas, pelotons of cyclists, pigtails of hair, rings of keys or other agglomerations of things (7) |
| 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) |
| TROOP | Group of baboons; a subdivision of a cavalry squadron; or, a unit of boy or girl scouts (5) |
| JUNIOR | From the Latin meaning "younger", the less senior of two people; a primary school pupil or under-boy; or, a word used to distinguish a son from his father (6) |
| MOTHERTOBE | A primigravida or enceinte woman expecting a bundle of joy, whether a bonny girl, a bouncing boy or a multi-birth quintuplet convoy (6-2-2) |
| WHELP | Word for a cub or a puppy; or, contemptuously, a boy or a youth (5) |
| HELLEBORE | Known as a Lenten or winter rose, a flower in shades of mauve, pink, soft lime green, cassis or white, arranged in vintage-style wedding bouquets (9) |
| EGLANTINE | Another name for the sweetbriar rose, a Eurasian wild rose with a fragrant essential oil used in per |
