| THEBLUELAGOON | 1908 story by H. de Vere Stacpoole (3,4,6) |
| LAGOON | 1908 novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole (3,4,6) (see 1A) |
| THEBLUE | 1908 novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole (3,4,6) (see 9A) |
| STACPOOLE | Henry De Vere ___, author of 1908 novel The Blue Lagoon (9) |
| 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 ------) |
| INVISIBLEMAN | The - - is a story by H. G. Wells |
| ELISSA | ------; or The Doom of Zimbabwe, a story by H. Rider Haggard (6) |
| CTHULHU | "The Call of ___" (short story by H. P. Lovecraft) |
| HORROR | The ___ at Red Hook 1927 short story by H.P. Lovecraft about a sinister cult |
| LYDIA | Forename of a captivating provincial heiress who is the object of Richardson's infatuation in a coming-of-age story by H E Bates (5) |
| DUNWICH | 'The 1970 Daniel Haller film based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft (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 |
