| ESIOTROT | 1990 Roald Dahl book for children featuring the character Mr Hoppy (4,4) |
| ESIO | - Trot; Roald Dahl's book for children about a tortoise (4) |
| MILNE | Author of series of books for children featuring an overeating bear of "very little brain", a highly |
| BELLOC | Author of The Bad Child's Book of Beasts and Cautionary Tales for Children featuring pen-and-ink illustrations by his friend Lord Basil Temple Blackwood, or "BTB" (6) |
| RUGRATS | Animated television series for children featuring characters Tommy Pickles and Susie Carmichael |
| TROT | 1990 Roald Dahl children's book featuring the character Mr Hoppy (4,4) |
| LOVEDONE | The ___, 1948 Evelyn Waugh novel featuring the character Mr Joyboy (5,3) |
| MOORLAND | - Mousie; book for children written by Muriel Wace under the pen name Golden Gorse (8) |
| ROLUPOLY | A ___ Bird; character in Roald Dahl's book The Twits (4-4) |
| THELORAX | 1971 book for children by Dr Seuss (3,5) |
| ELEVATOR | A lift, such as the "great glass" example in a Roald Dahl book; a hoist for grain; or, anything that raises (8) |
| HEADLONGHALL | Thomas Love Peacock novel featuring the character Mr Cranium (8,4) |
| AGNES | 1847 Anne Bronte novel featuring the character Mr Weston (5,4) |
| THELOVEDONE | 1948 Evelyn Waugh novel featuring the character Mr. Joyboy (3,5,3) |
| AGNESGREY | 1847 Anne Bronte novel featuring the character Mr Weston (5,4) |
| FINGER | 1942 Agatha Christie novel featuring the character Mr Pye (3,6,6) |
| THEMOVING | 1942 Agatha Christie novel featuring the character Mr Pye (3,6,6) |
| HANSEL | ___ and Gretel, woodcutter's children featuring in a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm (6) |
| KANGA | One of the characters in A. A. Milne's 1926 book for children Winnie-the-Pooh (5) |
| BIG | "The ... ...", 1940 book for children by Arthur Ransome (3,3) |
