| HORSES | Animals described in the numerous tales penned for children by the Pullein-Thompson sisters (6) |
| REINDEER | Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet ... one of the eight animals described in the poem A Visit from St Nicholas or The Night Before Christmas (8) |
| CHALET | - School; collection of adventure story books for children by the author of La Rochelle series Elinor Brent-Dyer (6) |
| AUSTEN | Purpose around start of tale penned by an English novelist |
| GREENTEA | First of tales penned, author taking a drink (5,3) |
| BEHEMOTH | Something huge or gigantic named after a hippopotamus-like animal described in the bible (8) |
| THOMPSON | Pullein--; surname of the sisters Christine, Diana and Josephine who, between them, wrote more than 150 popular pony books for children (8) |
| HAMELIN | City cleared of rats (and children) by the Pied Piper |
| EXTRAS | David Bowie and Kate Winslet are among the numerous celebrities who made guest appearances in this Ricky Gervais TV series. (6) |
| JOCKEY | General word for any of the equestrian athletes described in the novels by Dick Francis (6) |
| INSECT | Described in the books of Jean- Henri Fabre, any one of the more than one million species of arthropods whose development was influenced by the evolution of flowering plants (6) |
| ARARAT | Mountain in Turkey described in the Bible as the resting-place of Noah's Ark (6) |
| ORWELL | Old and rare lines we penned for writer |
| DRYICE | Cut lines penned for theatrical effect (3,3) |
| SINBAD | Monster-slaying sailor and adventurer whose seven voyages are described in the One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights)A tales (6) |
| EGBERT | King of Wessex whose victory over Beornwulf of Mercia at the Battle of Ellendun is described in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (6) |
| JACOBS | - ladder, stairway to Heaven described in the book of Genesis (6) |
| NIMROD | Great-grandson of Noah, described in the bible as 'a mighty hunter' (6) |
| KENNEL | Pack of hounds; or, a hut for the animals described in 35 Down (6) |
| LILIES | Flowers described in the hidden quotation (6) |
