| ANIMALS | 'My Family and Other ---', novel by Gerald Durrell (7) |
| CORFU | Greek island described by Gerald Durrell in his autobiographical trilogy including My Family and Other Animals and Birds, Beasts and Relatives (5) |
| FINKNOTTLE | Augustus ___, fish-faced newt collector in Right Ho, Jeeves and other novels by P G Wodehouse (4-6) |
| TWOINTHEBUSH | 1966 book by Gerald Durrell describing a six-month tour of New Zealand, Australia and Malaya with the BBC Natural History Unit |
| DURRELL | Author of The Bafut Beagles and Menagerie Manor whose Corfu autobiographical trilogy includes My Family and Other Animals and Birds, Beasts and Relatives (7) |
| NAIPAUL | Author noted for comic portraits of Trinidadian society in A House for Mr Biswas and other novels (7) |
| ALLOFME | Jazz standard written by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons in 1931, recorded by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday, among others (3,2,2) |
| PRAYINGMANTIS | Insect pet of naturalist Gerald Durrell in My Family and Other Animals (7,6) |
| ADAMANT | Edwardian adventurer played by Gerald Harper in the 60s, Adam _ (7) |
| KINETIC | Energising family and others to circle island (7) |
| JERICHOSWAR | 2017 novel by Gerald Seymour (8,3) |
| TOLIVE | 1985 William Friedkin film based on a novel by Gerald Petievich (2,4) |
| GERALDDURRELL | British zoologist and writer whose books include My Family and Other Animals (6,7) |
| GERALD | Author who created My Family And Other Animals, _ Durrell (6) |
| ANDDIEINLA | 1985 William Friedkin film based on a novel by Gerald Petievich (3,3,2,1,1) |
| TROLLOPE | Author of the Chronicles of Barsetshire books and other novels including Castle Richmond, The Belton Estate and The Vicar of Bullhampton (8) |
| MORTIMER | QC who wrote the Horace Rumpole books and other novels including Paradise Postponed, Summer's Lease, Titmuss Regained and The Sound of Trumpets (8) |
| BROWN | Author of Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code and other novels in the series featuring the symbolist character Robert Langdon (5) |
| WREN | Surname of the novelist famous for Beau Geste and other novels (4) |
| ANDOTHERANIMALS | My Family ___, 1956 Gerald Durrell memoir (3, 5, 7) |