| RURITANIA | Fictional kingdom, setting for The Prisoner of Zenda |
| ANTHONYHOPE | English novelist best known for The Prisoner of Zenda (7,4) |
| HOPE | Anthony -; author of the Ruritania trilogy comprising The Prisoner of Zenda, The Heart of Princess Osra and Rupert of Hentzau (4) |
| ANTHONY | Author of novels The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentzau (7,4) |
| HENTZAU | Rupert of ..., the sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope (7) |
| ELKE | Sommer of "The Prisoner of Zenda" |
| RASSENDYLL | Rudolf ?, character in the Anthony Hope novel The Prisoner of Zenda |
| FLAVIA | Princess in the novel The Prisoner of Zenda (6) |
| DOUGLASFAIRBANKSJR | American actor whose films include The Prisoner of Zenda and Sinbad the Sailor (7,9,2) |
| RUPERT | ___ of Hentzau, sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope published in 1898 |
| PRINCESSFLAVIA | "The Prisoner of Zenda" heroine |
| MARYASTOR | "The Prisoner of Zenda" actress, 1937 |
| ENMITY | Reflects yard for the prisoner around end of the afternoon with bad blood (6) |
| DRYCELL | Battery is a source of comfort for the prisoner (3,4) |
| TAKEUPTIME | Make the days go faster for the prisoner? (4,2,4) |
| PRINCESS | and 1dn, 1925 operetta by Sigmund Romberg and Harry B Smith based on 1894 Anthony Hope novel The Prisoner of Zenda (8,6) |
| CELLO | For the prisoner there's nothing to play with (5) |
| CAPTIVE | Pact I've arranged for the prisoner (7) |
| CONVICT | Some Brecon victory for the prisoner (7) |
| CELL | Here's some parcel left for the prisoner |
