Pretty girl in crimson and rose (8)
I believe the answer is:
rebelled
'rose' is the definition.
('rebel' can be a synonym of 'rise')
'pretty girl in crimson' is the wordplay.
'pretty girl' becomes 'belle' (I've seen this before**).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'crimson' becomes 'red' ('red' can be a synonym of 'crimson').
'belle' placed within 'red' is 'REBELLED'.
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for rebelled that I've seen before include "Revolted" , "was revolting" , "Red belle (anag.)" , "Showed dissent" , "Rose in opposition" .)