| ANDROCLES | Slave in a story by Aulus Gellius whose life was spared by a lion from whose paw he had once removed a thorn (9) |
| NOCTES | ____ Atticae, a fascinating miscellany by Aulus Gellius |
| ISAAC | He was spared by divine intervention in Genesis |
| RICHARDII | King of England deposed by the man he had once exiled, Henry Bolingbroke (7,2) |
| PAW | Part of a lion from which Androcles removed a thorn in a folktale |
| APRIL | Summer Bay woman whose life was in danger when she was bitten by a snake (5,5) |
| JEKYLL | A character in a story by Robert Louis Stevenson; or, a horticulturist and garden designer remembered for her work with Edwin Lutyens (6) |
| DEBBIE | First name of Nigel Bates's wife, whose life was tragically cut short after being hit by a car in EastEnders (6) |
| RIPVANWINKLE | Who, in a story by Washington Irving, went to sleep a subject of George III and woke much later as a citizen of the United States? (3,3,6) |
| THETRUMAN | Jim Carrey played a man whose life was broadcast live around the clock in ___ Show (3,6) |
| MCINTOSH | Name of Aunt Agatha's dog in a story by P. G. Wodehouse that was adapted into the Jeeves and Wooster episode Tuppy and the Terrier (8) |
| CHLOE | Shepherdess loved by Daphnis in a story by the Greek author Longus |
| CURRENS | Servus ____, a slave in a hurry, on the run, stock comedy character |
| RUDOLFH | Fictional red-nosed character in a story by Robert L. May who became known as "Santa's ninth reindeer" (7) |
| RASPED | In a way, it was spared however roughly (6) |
| FARMER | Frances, actress whose life was portrayed in a 1982 film starring Jessica Lange (6) |
| RASSELAS | The Prince of Abissinia in a story by Samuel Johnson |
| HYDE | Alter ego of Dr. Jekyll in a story by R.L. Stevenson (4) |
| ALIENS | Strangers in a story by Poles |
| AFFABLE | Warm and friendly female in a story by Aesop? (7) |
