| DULCAMARA | 1866 play by W S Gilbert subtitled The Little Duck and the Great Quack |
| FLAPPER | Girl nearing womanhood, the little duck ! (7) |
| GIDGET | 1957 novel by Frederick Kohner subtitled The Little Girl with Big Ideas (6) |
| TEAL | Small duck and its colour |
| HOOLIGAN | The ?, 1911 one-act stage play by W S Gilbert subtitled A Character Study (8) |
| PENZANCE | The Pirates Of ___ , comic opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan first performed in 1879 (8) |
| BAB | The - Ballads, 1868 volume of verse by W S Gilbert (3) |
| ETIQUETTE | Poem by W.S. Gilbert (9) |
| REEDS | The duck and the cat in Peter and the Wolf, e.g. |
| MIKADO | The -; one of the collaborations of composer Arthur Sullivan and librettist W. S. Gilbert (6) |
| IBSEN | Dramatist who wrote Peer Gynt, A Doll's House, The Wild Duck and, the reputed favourite of Sigmund Freud, The Master Builder (5) |
| FOOD | Meal consisted of the first of the fruit, two ducks and the last of the bread (4) |
| BURGLAREE | "Let's vary piracee with a little ___":W.S. Gilbert |
| DONALD | Name shared by a famous duck and the current US president (6) |
| TAMARILLO | Thanks mum for the small brook duck and the fruit (9) |
| CONSTANT | and 5dn, The ?, 1926 stage play by W Somerset Maugham |
| SULLIVAN | Arthur -; composer of 14 light operas in collaboration with W. S. Gilbert including HMS Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance (8) |
| GALATEA | Pygmalion and ___, W.S. Gilbert play (7) |
| BABBALLADS | Collection of humorous verse by Sir W. S. Gilbert (3,7) |
| HOURGLASS | The ___, stage play by W B Yeats first performed in 1903 (4-5) |
