| THEPLAGUEDOGS | 1977 novel by Richard Adams (3,6,4) |
| THEPLAGUE | 1977 novel by Richard Adams featuring characters Rowf and Snitter |
| DOGS | 1977 novel by Richard Adams featuring characters Rowf and Snitter (3,6,4) |
| PLAGUE | 'The - Dogs', novel by Richard Adams (6) |
| SHARDIK | 1974 novel by Richard Adams |
| WATERSHIP | --------- Down, novel by Richard Adams (9) |
| WATERSHIPDOWN | Richard Adams novel |
| TASTEFORBONES | 1977 novel by Ellis Peters (1,6,5,3,5) |
| CHINASYNDROME | Where Michael was Richard Adams (with "The") |
| SONGOFSOLOMON | 1977 novel by Toni Morrison which is about the life of an African-American man living in Michigan: 3 wds. |
| THETHORNBIRDS | 1977 novel by Colleen McCullough, later made into TV mini-series (3,5,5) |
| LAPINE | Fictional language of rabbits, created by Richard Adams for his novel Watership Down (6) |
| RABBITS | Animals depicted in literature by Richard Adams, Beatrix Potter, Alison Uttley, Margery Williams and others (7) |
| BLACKBERRY | Name of one of the rabbits in Watership Down by Richard Adams; or, a brand of smartphone (10) |
| DOWN | Watership ___, book by Richard Adams turned into a much-loved animated film (4) |
| CAMPION | Captain , one of the rabbits in Watership Down by Richard Adams (7) |
| FIVER | Rabbit and seer in Richard Adams novel Watership Down (5) |
| TEST | Hampshire river that features in Richard Adams' novel Watership Down |
| DOCTORON | 1976 novel by Richard Gordon (6,2,3,3) |
| BRIDGE | 2007 novel by Richard Russo (6,2,5) |
