| THEPLAGUEDOGS | 1977 novel by Richard Adams featuring characters Rowf and Snitter |
| 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) |
| WATERSHIP | --------- Down, novel by Richard Adams (9) |
| SHARDIK | 1974 novel by Richard Adams (7) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| BLACKBERRY | Name of one of the rabbits in Watership Down by Richard Adams; or, a brand of smartphone (10) |
| YOURE | "When ___ Gone" by Bryan Adams featuring Melanie C |
| FIVER | Rabbit and seer in Richard Adams novel Watership Down (5) |
| BIGWIG | Largest and strongest of the rabbit protagonists of the 1972 Richard Adams novel Watership Down (6) |
| TEST | Hampshire river that features in Richard Adams" novel Watership Down (4) |
| MASH | Short name for potatoes blended with milk and butter; or, a novel by Richard Hooker based on the Korean War (4) |
| THEOUTFIT | 1973 film starring Robert Duvall, Karen Black, Joe Don Baker and Robert Ryan, based on a novel by Richard Stark |
| LEGEND | I Am ___ 1954 horror novel by Richard Matheson featuring vampires that was adapted into a film starring Will Smith |
| DOCTORON | 1976 novel by Richard Gordon (6,2,3,3) |
| BRIDGE | 2007 novel by Richard Russo (6,2,5) |
