| THEBLUELAGOON | 1908 novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole |
| THEBLUE | 1908 novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole |
| LAGOON | see 1ac, 1908 novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole |
| STACPOOLE | Henry De Vere ___, author of 1908 novel The Blue Lagoon (9) |
| WARWICKCASTLE | Major fortification on the river Avon originally built by Henry de Newburgh (7,6) |
| HEARTS | 'Kind ___ are more than coronets' (Alfred, Lord Tennyson 'Lady Clara Vere de Vere' (1842) |
| CORONETS | 'Kind hearts are more than _' (Alfred, Lord Tennyson 'Lady Clara Vere de Vere' (1842) st. 7) (8) |
| LENORE | Edgar Allan Poe poem featuring the character Guy De Vere (6) |
| BOWLES | Played Richard De Vere in To The Manor Born (Peter ------) |
| BECHE | Henry de la -; palaeontologist and first director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain (5) |
| MAGICIAN | The ___, 1908 novel by W Somerset Maugham (8) |
| ALIVE | 1908 novel by Arnold Bennett (6,5) |
| ANNE | ___ of Green Gables; 1908 novel by L. M. Montgomery (4) |
| THEOLDWIVES | 1908 novel by Arnold Bennett (3,3,5,4) |
| BURIED | 1908 novel by Arnold Bennett (6,5) |
| WARINTHEAIR | "The ___", 1908 novel by H.G. Wells (3,2,3,3) |
| ANNEOF | 1908 novel by L M Montgomery (4,2,11) |
| IRONHEEL | "The ... ... ", 1908 novel by Jack London (4,4) |
| IRON | The -, 1908 novel by Jack London (4,4) (see 19D) |
| HEEL | The -, 1908 novel by Jack London (4,4) (see 4D) |
