| BORNFREE | 1960 book by Joy Adamson about her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa (4,4) |
| FREE | 1960 book by Joy Adamson (4,4) |
| BORN | 1960 book by Joy Adamson (4,4) |
| ADAMSON | Joy , naturalist and author of Bom Free, an account of her experience raising a lion cub (7) |
| BRIGHT | 1960 book by Gavin Maxwell about his time raising otters, Ring Of _ Water (6) |
| ANNA | Frozen queen with a sister named Elsa |
| ELSA | The lioness featuring in a book by Joy Adamson (1960) |
| YOUNGSON | Lion cub Simba, to Mufasa |
| UNSOCIABLE | A lion's cub, disturbed close to cave, is hostile (10) |
| DEN | Where a lion cub is raised |
| PERSEPOLIS | Graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi that depicts her experiences during the Iranian Revolution |
| EDITH | Forename of the novelist Wharton who drew inspiration from her experiences within the elite circles of New York's high society during the Gilded Age, becoming the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize ( |
| KILL | "To ___ a Mockingbird" (1960 book) |
| ANNEFRANK | Jewish teenager whose diary recorded her experiences in hiding from the Nazis (4,5) |
| THELIONKING | 2019 musical drama animated film that tells the story of a young lion cub Simba whose music was composed by Hans Zimmer: 3 wds. |
| SIMBA | Lion cub framed for the murder of his father Mufasa in The Lion King (5) |
| FRANK | Anne ---, German-Dutch Jewish teenager whose diary recorded her experiences in hiding from the Nazis during World War II (5) |
| GREE | 1960 book written with only 50 different words |
| JOYADAMSON | Conservationist, author of the 1960 book Born Free (3, 7) |
| BONUS | Lion cub moans about insurance reduction (2,5,5) |
