| LORNADOONE | "A Romance of Exmoor" heroine (2 wds.) |
| JANEEYRE | Bronte's heroine (2 wds.) |
| ANNESHIRLEY | Prince Edward Island literary heroine: 2 wds. |
| ORNAMENTAL | Attractive Exmoor heroine heading off, crazed |
| DOONE | Exmoor heroine |
| LORNA | and 51ac, Eponymous heroine of R D Blackmore's novel subtitled A Romance of Exmoor |
| RDBLACKMORE | "Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor" novelist |
| FLATLAND | Novella by Edwin A Abbott subtitled A Romance of Many Dimensions (8) |
| VENNER | "A Romance of Destiny", a novel by Oliver Wendell Holmes (5,6) |
| ELSIE | "A Romance of Destiny", a novel by Oliver Wendell Holmes (5,6) |
| YEMASSEE | The ___, 1835 novel by William Gilmore Simms subtitled A Romance of Carolina (8) |
| RUINS | see 22ac, 1953 novel by Evelyn Waugh subtitled A Romance of the Near Future |
| LOVEAMONGTHE | 1953 novel by Evelyn Waugh subtitled A Romance of the Near Future (4,5,3,5) |
| JAMES | Author of The Portrait of a Lady and a number of ghost stories, including The Romance of Certain Old Clothes and The Turn of the Screw (5) |
| ROEDEER | I spotted a wild doe right in the middle of a field on the outskirts of Exmoor -- it has a red summer coat that turns greyish in the winter (3,4) |
| DEVON | With two coastlines, county which contains the National Parks of Dartmoor and of Exmoor and five Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty including the Blackdown Hills (5) |
| AFFAIR | Romance of a French leader marrying blonde (6) |
| BODICERIPPER | Historical romance of a sort |
| APHORISM | Write saying Gold is stocked by a pub West of Exmoor (8) |
| MOTORMEN | Heart of Exmoor, endless bother for drivers |
