| RICHMAL | - Crompton, author of the 'Just William' series of stories (7) |
| CROMPTON | Lancashire-born author of the Just William series of books for children (8) |
| RICHMALCROMPTON | English author who created the Just William series of books (7,8) |
| RUDYARD | First name of the author of the 'Just So Stories' (7) |
| OUTLAWS | Bandits, brigands, fugitives or highwaymen; or, the band of friends, Douglas, Ginger, Henry, Jumble and William, in the Just William books (7) |
| HORNUNG | E.W. --, author of the A.J. Raffles series of stories (7) |
| WILLIAM | Just -; series of books for children by English author Richmal Crompton (7) |
| RAFFLES | Dashing gentleman thief in a series of stories by English author E. W. Hornung published between 1898 and 1909 (7) |
| BOTT | Violet Elizabeth ?, character in the Just William stories by Richmal Crompton |
| TELLOFF | Scold Just William for being patriotic (4,3) |
| CHESTERTON | Author of a series of stories featuring his character Father Brown including The Blue Cross, The Purple Wig, The Green Man and The Red Moon of Meru (10) |
| LIMBO | The supposed abode of the souls of unbaptized infants and of the just who died before Christ |
| BRERRABBIT | Main character in a series of stories melding the Cherokee rabbit-trickster with the culture of Afri |
| VIOLET | Shade of a colour associated with royalty; or, the first part of the name of Mr and Mrs Bott's daughter in Just William (6) |
| JUSTWILLIAM | A series of children's books by English author Richmal Crompton (4,7) |
| RANKIN | Scottish author who is the creator a series of stories featuring Inspector John Rebus (6) |
| TALES | "The Canterbury ___" (series of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer, 1387-1400) |
| NAUGHTIEST | The - Girl; series of stories based on boarder character Elizabeth Allen (10) |
| JUST | Series of 38 children's books by English author Richmal Crompton published between 1922 and 1970 (4,7) |
| DRUG | Subject of the "Just Say No" program |
