| BRIGGS | Author and illustrator whose books for children include Father Christmas and The Snowman (6) |
| OHANLON | Irish comedian and actor whose TV series include Father Ted, My Hero and Death in Paradise (5,7) |
| ARDAL | Irish comedian and actor whose TV series include Father Ted, My Hero and Death in Paradise (5,7) |
| HUGO | Actor whose TV credits include Father Brown and Marcella, _ Speer (4) |
| DESPAIRING | Wanting to include father - it's hopeless |
| POTTER | Author and illustrator whose 1902 book The Tale of Peter Rabbit has been adapted into a 3D animated film (6) |
| KERR | Judith ---, writer and illustrator whose books include The Tiger Who Came To Tea (4) |
| TOTALS | Sums for children include algebra from the start (6) |
| HUGHES | Author and illustrator who wrote Dogger and the Alfie series for children (6) |
| SENDAK | Author and illustrator of picture books including In the Night Kitchen and Where the Wild Things Are (6) |
| TAKING | Assuming game for children includes family (6) |
| JUDITHKERR | Writer and illustrator whose works include The Tiger Who Came To Tea (6,4) |
| JUDITH | Children's author and illustrator who created the feline character Mog, _ Kerr (6) |
| SCARRY | Richard ___, popular American children's author and illustrator who published over 300 books, such as the Best Word Book Ever |
| ALFRED | Author and illustrator, from 1935, of the Rupert Bear tales (6,7) |
| WOOD | David ___, playwright whose works for children include The Gingerbread Man and The Ideal Gnome Exped |
| DAVID | Playwright whose works for children include The Gingerbread Man and The Ideal Gnome Expedition (5,4) |
| WHISTLER | Painter and illustrator whose notable works include a depiction of Ashcombe House (his friend Cecil Beaton's former home in Wiltshire), a 58ft-long mural in the dining room at Plas Newydd and a mural |
| GREENAWAY | Children's illustrator whose picture books include Under the Window, Birthday Book and Mother Goose (9) |
| FATHERCHRISTMAS | Children's picture book by Raymond Briggs ___ the author and illustrator of The Snowman and The Bear (6,9) |
