| THE | 'Come into ___, Maud' (Tennyson) (3,6) |
| GARDEN | 'Come into ___, Maud' (Tennyson) (3,6) |
| INTO | "Come ___ the garden, Maud": Tennyson |
| LUCY | Canadian author, ___ Maud Montgomery (b.1874 - d.1942) |
| OCTOPUSSY | Title character played by Maud Adams |
| KATHMANDU | Thank Maud for arranging capital |
| GRIMALKIN | Old cat kept by a rather stern Maud! |
| WENTWORTH | Patricia ?, author of 1949 novel The Catherine Wheel and others featuring Miss Maud Silver (9) |
| ODDMANOUT | Do Tom and Maud dance with the wallflower? (3,3,3) |
| CUTHBERTS | Marilla and Matthew (Anne lives on the Prince Edward Island farm of these siblings in Lucy Maud Montgomery's famous story) |
| LEAFMOULD | Having pocketed ring, Maud fell awkwardly on forest floor, it appears |
| AUNTDAISY | On-air name used by Maud Ruby Basham, NZ radio broadcaster from 1930 to 1963 (4,5) |
| MICHAELBALFE | Irish composer (1808 - 1870) of Come into the Garden, Maud and the opera The Bohemian Girl |
| EMERALD | “A livelier ____ twinkles in the grass, / A purer sapphire melts into the sea” (Tennyson, in Maud) |
| MONTGOMERY | Lucy Maud a"; author whose classic novel Anne of Green Gables was adapted into the drama series Anne with an E |
| ADAMS | Maud or Maude |
| BONDGIRL | Maud Adams, twice |
| GREENGABLES | Setting of Lucy Maud Montgomery's famous work: 2 wds. |
| BERMUDA | Non-English drink Maud prepared: shorts, possibly (7) |
| ANNE | '---- of Green Gables', novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery (4) |
