| RUDYARD | - Kipling, author of the Just So Stories (7) |
| RICHMAL | - Crompton, author of the 'Just William' series of stories (7) |
| KIPLING | English author and poet born in India, best known for The Jungle Book and his Just So Stories (7,7) |
| CASIMIR | Three rulers of Poland; the Restorer (11th century), the Just (12th century), and the Great (1333-70) (7) |
| RICHMALCROMPTON | Author of the Just William stories |
| CROMPTON | Author of the Just William stories (8) |
| OUTLAWS | Bandits, brigands, fugitives or highwaymen; or, the band of friends, Douglas, Ginger, Henry, Jumble and William, in the Just William books (7) |
| MALINGA | The just-retired 'Rathgama Express' (7) |
| NEMESIS | Seems, in some way, to be the just deserts (7) |
| LORENZO | Jorge ... Guerrero, the just retired Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. (7) |
| LIMBO | The supposed abode of the souls of unbaptized infants and of the just who died before Christ |
| RHINO | "Just So Stories" subject |
| RUDYARDKIPLING | Just So Stories writer who was buried in Poets' Corner: 2 wds. |
| DRUG | Subject of the "Just Say No" program |
| ADVENTURES | "And then..." stories |
| JUST | ___ So Stories, Kipling's children's classic (4) |
| HORROR | Genre for the just-released Octavia Spencer movie "Ma" -- which provides the initials of this puzzle's four theme entries |
| BOTT | Surname of the vulgar, nouveau riche family in the Just William books (4) |
| ONIAS | Son of Simon the Just |
| ARASTIDES | Greek general called "The Just" |
