| STALKY | '--- & Co.', novel by Rudyard Kipling (6) |
| FAILED | Novel by Rudyard Kipling, telling the story of Dick Heldar, an artist (3,5,4,6) |
| THAT | And 2D. Novel by Rudyard Kipling, telling the story of Dick Heldar, an artist (3,5,4,6) |
| LIGHT | Novel by Rudyard Kipling, telling the story of Dick Heldar, an artist (3,5,4,6) |
| THE | Novel by Rudyard Kipling, telling the story of Dick Heldar, an artist (3,5,4,6) |
| KIM | A novel by Rudyard Kipling (3) |
| CAPTAINSCOURAGEOUS | 1897 novel by Rudyard Kipling whose central character is Harvey Cheyne Jr (8,10) |
| MOWGLI | Boy raised by wolves in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (6) |
| JUNGLE | Law of the -; derived from the laws and life codes of the wolves in the stories by Rudyard Kipling, an expression meaning "survival of the fittest" (6) |
| ROOKIE | Whether a mangled version of "recruit", a nod to a fledgeling in breeches or put on the map by Rudyard Kipling, it has always meant the new kid on the block (6) |
| JUSTSO | ___ Stories, tales for children by Rudyard Kipling (4,2) |
| ITGIRL | Term that derived from a story by Rudyard Kipling for a stylish, upwardlymobile female socialite (2,4) |
| GROUSE | Bird whose verb meaning, to complain, was apparently first used in print by Rudyard Kipling |
| ALNASCHAR | ___ and the Oxen, poem by Rudyard Kipling first published in Debits and Credits in 1926 |
| JUNGLEBOOK | The ___, 1894 volume of stories by Rudyard Kipling (6,4) |
| BOOK | "The ... ...", 1894 volume of stories by Rudyard Kipling (6,4) |
| KIMBALLOHARA | Central character in 1901 novel Kim by Rudyard Kipling (7,5) |
| PUCKOFPOOKSHILL | 1906 book of stories and poems for children by Rudyard Kipling |
| SOLDIERSTHREE | Privates Learoyd, Mulvaney and Ortheris in short stories by Rudyard Kipling |
| PLAINTALES | and 22ac, 1888 short story collection by Rudyard Kipling (5,5,4,3,5) |
