| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| YEAROFTHE | "The ... rose is brief": Swinburne |
| NEWYORK | Its state flower is the rose |
| UCLA | Its home field is the Rose Bowl |
| CLEM | Boy in the comic strip "Rose Is Rose" |
| OCOME | ".., dearest Emma! the rose is full blown": Keats |
| ROBERTFROST | He wrote, "The rose is a rose, - And was always a rose" |
