| THOMASHUGHES | Author of the novel Tom Brown's Schooldays (6,6) |
| GEORGEARTHUR | Room-mate of Tom Brown in the novel Tom Brown's Schooldays (6,6) |
| FLASHMAN | Character in the novel 'Tom Brown's School Days' by Thomas Hughes (8) |
| HUGHES | Thomas, author of Tom Brown's Schooldays (6) |
| RUGBY | British school founded in 1567, the setting for Tom Brown's Schooldays (5) |
| ARNOLD | Thomas, influential headmaster of Rugby School who featured in the 1857 novel Tom Brown's School Days (6) |
| THOMASARNOLD | Headmaster of Rugby School whose style of teaching was described in Tom Brown's School Days (6,6) |
| FIELDING | Henry, English author noted for the novel Tom Jones (8) |
| RIPPINGYARNS | 1970s BBC TV comedy series which included the episode "Tomkinson's Schooldays" (7,5) |
| TOO | Brown's Schooldays, novel by Thomas Hughes (3) |
| PEARCE | Children's author whose adventure novel Tom's Midnight Garden earned her the 1958 Carnegie Medal (6) |
| ALLWORTHY | Philanthropist in Fielding's novel Tom Jones (9) |
| UNCLE | Anti-slavery novel, ... Tom's Cabin |
| INTOPFORM | At the peak of one's powers towards the end of schooldays? (2,3,4) |
| TERMINUS | The end of schooldays in the States |
| SHEPARD | Artist who illustrated editions of Winnie-the-Pooh, The Secret Garden and Tom Brown's School Days (7) |
| QUINE | (NE Scotland) Girl up to the end of her schooldays (5) |
| TOMB | The last resting place of Tom Brown (4) |
| SCHOOLDAYS | Time in the life of Tom Brown |
| OLD | Like some schooldays of the past (3) |
