| GERTRUDESTEIN | "Rose is a rose is a rose . . ." |
| STEIN | "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose, is a rose," wrote Gertrude ... |
| 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' |
| STILLA | Aretha Franklin "A Rose Is ___ Rose" |
| EROS | A rose is carried by a young lover |
| STEM | A rose's is thorny |
| GORSE | Note, rambling rose is a prickly shrub |
| BLOOMER | Rose is a product of the bakery (7) |
| LOSER | Figure the new variety of rose is a non prize winner (5) |
| APPLETREE | One of the Roses is a cider producer (5,4) |
| BOUQUET | From "bush, wood", word for a clump of arbors originally, now a bunch of flowers; the aroma, nose or perfume of a fragrance/scent, liqueur or wine; a compliment or expression of praise; or, a rose/wed |
| ANY | "A rose by ___ other name is a scandal" |
| PETALS | After a week or two in a vase, a rose starts to lose its ___ |
| PASTOR | From Latin for "shepherd, feeder", a cleric considered the shepherd of a flock; or, a rose-coloured starling (6) |
| COMPASS | A navigational device known as a rose when depicted on a map (7) |
| OBOE | Instrument with a solo in Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" |
| OSIER | I take a rose and turn it into a willow (5) |
| PICASSO | Which painter had a blue and a rose period? (7) |
