dubdobdee

q6:
~~i: For whom am I lonely tonight?~~
~~ii: What preacher is a twitcher’s “tick”?~~
~~iii: Who played Ludwig and later Manfred?~~
~~iv: What was Barberini’s gift to Charles’s consort at Amiens~~?
~~v: Where do the challenged start at Scott’s and finish at Abbotsford?~~
~~vi: By whom was Laurie seduced under a haywagon after drinking alcohol?~~
~~vii: With what deathbed word did Welles’s greatest production begin?~~
~~viii: What foundered when confronted by d’Annebault’s fleet?~~
~~ix: What label depicts a Vila Real palace?~~
~~x: What is the exanthem of HHV-6B?~~

COMPLETED:
THE THEME IS “ROSE”
i: is the ROSE OF TRALEE (googled by

thebopkids)
ii: is the ROSY STARLING (a twitcher’s tick bcz it’s a great spot for a birdwatcher) (googled by

sbp)
iii: is CLIFFORD ROSE, in TV’s Secret Army and Kessler (googled by

jeff_worrell)
iv: is the GOLDEN ROSE, given by POPE URBAN VIII (=Taddeo Barberini)to HENRIETTA MARIA of England and Scotland (half-guessed by

belecrivain, google-confirmed by

sbp)
v: is the ROSE STREET PUB CRAWL in Edinburgh (known by

jeff_worrell)
vi: Laurie Lee by ROSIE, in the former’s Cider with Rosie (guessed by

dubdobdee)
vii: Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane begins with the word ROSEBUD (guessed by

dubdobdee)
viii: the ship the MARY ROSE (guessed by former lj user ktee)
ix: is MATEUS ROSE WINE, feat. the Mateus Palace in Vila Real, Portugal (guessed then google-confirmed by

sbp)
x: probably ROSEOLA (HHV being human herpes virus) (googled by

jauntyalan)