| RANSOME | Author of The Child's Book of the Seasons, The Things in Our Garden and the Swallows and Amazons series (7) |
| ADAMS | Author of books including Watership Down, Nature Through the Seasons, The Tyger Voyage and The Ship's Cat (5) |
| STEAM | After the start of the season, the side produces a source of power (5) |
| PAEDIATRIC | In changing diaper, I act in the interests of the child's health (10) |
| EDEN | River in our garden (4) |
| RAGE | The latest thing in our generation? |
| CHUCKY | Main antagonist of the 'Child's Play' series of horror films (6) |
| UFO | Unexplained thing in our food at regular intervals (3) |
| ANEST | "... and the swallow ___ for herself"--Psalms |
| 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) |
| SCOFIELD | Actor in A Man for All Seasons, the 1996 Arthur Miller film version of The Crucible and an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's Why the Whales Came (8) |
| ARTHURRANSOME | Author of the Swallows and Amazons series of books |
| BURNETT | Author of the children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, The Secret Garden and The Lost Prince (7) |
| RACKHAM | One of 12 siblings who became a skilful artist celebrated for his illustrations in classic children's books, including Grimm's Fairy Tales, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and The Wind in the Willows |
| OPENING | A process of unwrapping a festive gift, perhaps secretly praying it's a pup; the birth of a celebrated season; the premiere of a Christmas pantomime run; or, ripping off the lid and filling one's cup, |
| HILAIRE | French-born English writer noted for the poetry collections The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896) and Cautionary Tales for Children (1907) (7) |
| PISSARRO | Impressionist who painted Montmartre cityscapes as well as rural scenes such as Orchard in Bloom, The Vegetable Garden and The Hay Cart (8) |
| RUFF | A reeve's male counterpart, named for its distinguishing frill or collar of ornamental neck feathers in the breeding season; the perch-like pope; the old card game "trump"; or, a low vibrating beat of |
| JOANMIR | Winning rider of the opening race of the 2017 Moto3 season, the Qatar GP (4,3) |
| CLARA | Name of the child protagonist in most productions of the ballet The Nutcracker (5) |
