| GRAHAME | Author whose book The Wind in the Willows was adapted into Toad of Toad Hall by A. A. Milne and a series featuring the voices of David Jason, Michael Hordern and others (7) |
| AAMILNE | He turned 117 into Toad of Toad Hall (1,1,5) |
| ROOTS | Character of Milne and Eliot family (5) |
| TEACHERS | SCHOOL ___ [GH'S WILLOW WAS ONE] |
| WILDE | Author whose book The Happy Prince and Other Tales contains five stories including The Nightingale and the Rose and The Selfish Giant (5) |
| BEAR | Teddy -; item forming part of a collection donated to Newby Hall by arctophile Gyles Brandreth (4) |
| TADPOLE | It could turn into toad and leap, skipping area (7) |
| NORTON | Author whose book The Borrowers was adapted into a series with Ian Holm and Penelope Wilton (6) |
| BALLANTYNE | R M ___, Scottish author whose book The Coral Island influenced R L Stevenson's Treasure Island |
| TADPOLES | Negotiate top deals - but they turn into toads! (8) |
| ERNEST | Forename of a Punch artist who brought to life Pooh, Toad of Toad Hall and of course his daughter Mary, the illustrator of P L Travers's magical nanny Mary Poppins with the super-califragilisticexpial |
| KNOT | Lovers' bond; a lump of toads; a nest of snakes; a tangle of threads; a twist of fate; a woven tapestry of herbs; or, a sandpiper that derives its name from a king whose royal wave failed to stop the |
| KINGSMITH | Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword-solving author of Country Watch and Pets for Keeps whose book The Sheep-Pig was adapted into the film Babe (4-5) |
| KENNETH | Scottish author of the 1908 children's book The Wind in the Willows (7) |
| MILNE | "Toad of Toad Hall" playwright |
| CONROY | Pat, U.S. author whose books The Prince Of Tides and The Great Santini were made into films (6) |
| COLLINS | Author of The Woman in White, No Name and Poor Miss Finch whose book The Moonstone is generally regarded as the first detective novel (7) |
| OTTER | Portly's father in the children's book The Wind In The Willows (5) |
| MAUGHAM | Novelist whose book The Painted Veil was adapted into a film starring Edward Norton and Naomi Watts (7) |
| AMIS | Martin -; author of The Rachel Papers whose book The Rub of Time includes a tribute to his friend Christopher Hitchens (4) |
