In the spirit of helpfulness, here is the garden as Flah has left it so far!  Black letters are Row entries; blue letters indicate where extra letters have been placed using the Roses.  All gridded letters are correct.



I also have one correction: "___ a funeral in my brain" should indeed be marked as two words.

If you're playing, give the clues a read-through.  Crossword clues are weird in that a clue that's hard for one person may be easy for another.  Contribute what you can!

Thank you, that revised clue clears things up a little bit. I've figured out a few others. A little bit later, I'll see if I can put up my own answer sheet.

Why is it called a tailspin anyway? The rest of it is spinning too, after all.

Thank you so much for jumping in, zeedikay!   I will confirm larch, Tanaka, and Demian (as well as tailspin).  Any other takers?  "___ no Hanayome" should not be too bad for a bunch of SKU fans.

I've made a few corrections to some of my answers. My mousemanship is terrible, so I just typed in the letters.



A few of the corrections:

Touga's main quality in Black Rose was not "Absent" but "Silent".

If all of the red, white, and pink answers are alphabetical on the list, then a few of mine are way off the mark. The tumbleweed terrain can not possibly be "Desert". Likewise, quality time with Akio can't be "Incest" since C comes before F and "Someday We'll Shine Together" can't be "Ending" since N comes before R.

And, obviously, negotiating a trade, in this case, is not "Haggle" but "Barter.

EDIT: And, yes, I'm aware that I misspelled "Nanking"

Last edited by Flah (02-25-2014 11:42:07 AM)

Yeah, my guess is Ankara since that fits with the red in the (misspelled) Nanking.

"Sullivan's student" might be Keller, as in Helen Keller, with Sullivan being Anne Sullivan.

One more push!  I've taken the liberty of fixing "atavisms" to read "atavists" and updating the list of Rose clues.



WHITE
Tonies or Grammies (AWARDS)
Canvas overhang (AWNING)
Robot precursors credited to Rabbi Loew (GOLEMS)
Anime franchise run almost continuously since 1979 (GUNDAM)
Middle name of Carl Jung, who practically invented symbolism (GUSTAV)
MikixKozue, for example
Sullivan's student (KELLER)
Made a home out of wood and leaves (NESTED)
Swiss psychologist who said schools should create "men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done" (PIAGET)
In SKU's case, it was written primarily by Enokido (SCRIPT)
Like the duel arena staircase (SPIRAL)
Features of some of Saionji's socks?
Tumbleweed terrain
Named prince, for example


PINK
One with red eyes (ALBINO)
Vega's boyfriend on Tanabata (ALTAIR)
Negotiate a trade (BARTER)
Bothers in a gnawing way (2 wds.)
Making a mistake (ERRING)
SKU's is "Someday, We'll Shine Together" (FINALE)
It may come in a spurt during adolescence (GROWTH)
Overrun, like troublesome insects (INFEST)
Spending quality time with Akio, perhaps (MATING)
Committing mass murder or using a microwave (NUKING)
Christen differently (RENAME)
Like Touga for the entire Black Rose Saga (SILENT)
Cohort of Yamada and Suzuki (TANAKA)
___ the Horse: It started on January 31 (2 wds.) (YEAR OF)


RED
Middle Eastern capital known for goats, rabbits, and cats (ANKARA)
The way things are now (3 wds.) (AS IT IS)
Novel that inspired the "We are the chick" speech (DEMIAN)
Jabs at the rose but goes wide (MISSES)
Patron vegetables of Kazami Tatsuya (ONIONS)
Samples of black stone (ONYXES)
Steal something small
Geek Squad member, for example
Headpieces for Anthy (TIARAS)
You sustain them, for instance, when pierced by a million swords of hate (WOUNDS)

Last edited by satyreyes (02-27-2014 02:23:07 AM)

Happy to oblige.   And you're on target about GUNDAM -- I missed that correct guess earlier.



WHITE
Tonies or Grammies (AWARDS)
Canvas overhang (AWNING)
Robot precursors credited to Rabbi Loew (GOLEMS)
Anime franchise run almost continuously since 1979 (GUNDAM)
Middle name of Carl Jung, who practically invented symbolism (GUSTAV)
MikixKozue, for example (INCEST)
Sullivan's student (KELLER)
Made a home out of wood and leaves (NESTED)
Swiss psychologist who said schools should create "men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done" (PIAGET)
In SKU's case, it was written primarily by Enokido (SCRIPT)
Like the duel arena staircase (SPIRAL)
Features of some of Saionji's socks?
Tumbleweed terrain (STEPPE)
Named prince, for example


PINK
One with red eyes (ALBINO)
Vega's boyfriend on Tanabata (ALTAIR)
Negotiate a trade (BARTER)
Bothers in a gnawing way (2 wds.)
Making a mistake (ERRING)
SKU's is "Someday, We'll Shine Together" (FINALE)
It may come in a spurt during adolescence (GROWTH)
Overrun, like troublesome insects (INFEST)
Spending quality time with Akio, perhaps (MATING)
Committing mass murder or using a microwave (NUKING)
Christen differently (RENAME)
Like Touga for the entire Black Rose Saga (SILENT)
Cohort of Yamada and Suzuki (TANAKA)
___ the Horse: It started on January 31 (2 wds.) (YEAR OF)


RED
Middle Eastern capital known for goats, rabbits, and cats (ANKARA)
The way things are now (3 wds.) (AS IT IS)
Novel that inspired the "We are the chick" speech (DEMIAN)
Jabs at the rose but goes wide (MISSES)
Patron vegetables of Kazami Tatsuya (ONIONS)
Samples of black stone (ONYXES)
Steal something small
Geek Squad member, for example (TECHIE)
Headpieces for Anthy (TIARAS)
You sustain them, for instance, when pierced by a million swords of hate (WOUNDS)


And the only Rows clues unaccounted for are:
Top pop singer of 2011 (A????)
Acts as the foundation for (UND??????)
Feature of many a sad song (2 wds.) (M*)
Admits error (2 wds.) (*TSC???)

*Unknown number of unknown letters

Last edited by satyreyes (02-27-2014 02:35:52 AM)

A well-earned ding ding!!  THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE is the answer   Hearty congratulations! 

I don't mind spoiling those other clues now that the answer is known.  You already have all the Row clues but one, plus TITLED ("Named prince, for example") and STAINS ("Features of some of Saionji's socks?"), so the only ones left are:

Acts as the foundation for: UNDERPINS
Bothers in a gnawing way (2 wds.): EATS AT
Steal something small: PILFER