| 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) |
| LANGLEY | Sir Frederick, suitor to Isabella Vere in Walter Scott's novel The Black Dwarf (7) |
| VAT | Companion of vere and ven |
| RELENT | To become less se vere; less stern |
| RICE | Actor who plays Sid Vere in Doctors (6,4) |
| ASHLEY | And 22D Actor who plays Sid Vere in Doctors (6,4) |
| SID | ___ Vere, works at The Mill Health Centre, Letherbridge (3) |
| INTRANTE | Coming in: vere ____ flores et fructus emittere incipiunt |
| CAPTS | Melville's Vere and others: Abbr. |
| NONNE | Innit? Si vere tali vulgare colloquio uti debes (5) |
| SAECULA | Now truly is a golden age: Aurea sunt vere nunc ____, Ovid AA 2.277 |
