| OTRANTO | 'The Castle of --', a novel by Horace Walpole (7) |
| CASTLE | The ___ of Otranto gothic novel by Horace Walpole which tells the story of Manfred and his family |
| THECASTLE | 1764 novel by Horace Walpole (3,6,2,7) |
| OFOTRANTO | 1764 novel by Horace Walpole (3,6,2,7) |
| THECASTLEOFOTRANTO | 1764 novel by Horace Walpole |
| WALPOLE | Author of The Castle of Otranto and some 7,000 letters who was the youngest son of Britain's de facto first prime minister and created Strawberry Hill House (7) |
| GIBBONS | Creator of the Carved Room at Petworth House and of a lime-wood cravat so realistic that its former owner Sir Horace Walpole wore it to greet visitors at Strawberry Hill (7) |
| ULYSSES | Which Greek hero shares his name with the title of a novel by James Joyce? (7) |
| CORELLI | Captain _____, eponymous hero of a novel by Louis de Bernieres (7) |
| OKAYAMA | Japanese city on Honshu whose features include the "Castle of the Crow" (7) |
| IVANHOE | Title, and main character, of a novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in 12th Century England (7) |
| SERENDIPITY | Word, coined by Horace Walpole, for the faculty of making fortunate or happy discoveries by accident (11) |
| MANFRED | Usurper in "The Castle of Otranto" |
| POTIONS | Subject taught by Horace Slughorn and Severus Snape in the Harry Potter books (7) |
| AMSTERDAM | The capital of the Netherlands; title of a novel by Ian McEwan; or, with "Old", a brand of mature Gouda (9) |
| KENT | 'Garden of England', site of the 'castle of queens, queen of castles' and much of the North Downs (4) |
| HORACEWALPOLE | Author of the novel The Castle of Otranto (6,7) |
| CHOIR | The -; title of a novel by Joanna Trollope; or, a television series presented by Gareth Malone (5) |
| READER | The -; English title of a novel by Bernhard Schlink, adapted into a film with Kate Winslet by David Hare (6) |
| CAITHNESS | Historic county in Scotland's north, site of the Castle of Mey, a former residence of the Queen Mother (9) |
