| ORCZY | Author of novels including The Emperor's Candlesticks, The Scarlet Pimpernel and A Sheaf of Bluebell |
| ANDERSEN | Danish author who wrote fairy tales including The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, The Nig |
| CARPET | Flooring of wool, sisal, sea grass or coir; or, a word describing the ground of bluebell-covered woodland (6) |
| BUNDLE | A drum of belongings, a ream of paper, a sheaf of corn, a wad of cash or other collection of loosely gathered or bound things (6) |
| HARTOFDIXIE | CW show on which Cress Williams played the mayor of Bluebell Alabama: 3 wds. |
| SATURNIID | Family of brightly-coloured moths including the emperor moth (9) |
| ABITOFASHOCK | A sheaf of corn that comes as a surprise (1,3,2,1,5) |
| FUMITORY | Arable plant with seeds eaten by the turtle dove with those of the scarlet pimpernel and clover (8) |
| OBERON | Actress whose films include The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Dark Angel (5,6) |
| MERLE | Actress whose films include The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Dark Angel (5,6) |
| MERLEOBERON | Anglo-Indian actress whose films include The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Dark Angel (5,6) |
| WOODLAND | Considered ancient if arboraceous since 1600, a sylvan type of habitat with seasonal blankets of snowdrops, carpets of bluebells and cushions of moss under a canopy of ash, beech, chestnut, oak and/or |
| LESLIEHOWARD | He was the Scarlet Pimpernel and Prosfessor Henry Higgins (6,6) |
| CUP | Shape of a candlestick's bobeche for catching dripping wax; a structure at the base of an acorn; a fruit punch served in a pitcher rather than a bowl; or, a vessel from which to sip tea (3) |
| CORNDOLLY | According to Pagan tradition, an effigy of a person made from the last sheaf of corn cut at harvest time as symbol of good luck or fertility (4,5) |
| OMER | Hebrew word for a sheaf or for a dry measure, originally of grain (4) |
| STAMP | Item collected in philately; a hallmark; or, a block traditionally for impressing a design such as a dairy cow, strawberry, sunflower, thistle or wheat sheaf onto a pat of butter (5) |
| MORRIS | Former vice-president of the Bluebell Railway who played the part of the zookeeper in Animal Magic and narrated Tales of the Riverbank (6) |
| FRAGILE | Delicate piece of material in sheaf of papers (7) |
| GARB | A heraldic sheaf of wheat; or, from "elegance, grace", one's attire, clothing, distinctive costume, dress or fashion, from top to toe or head to feet (4) |
