| JEEVES | Bertie Wooster's valet in the books by PG Wodehouse (6) |
| QUINT | Peter, former valet in The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (5) |
| DRONES | The --- Club is Bertie Wooster's club in stories by PG Wodehouse (6) |
| FERMOR | Last name of the travel writer who recounted his journey by foot from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul aged 18 in the books A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water (6) |
| ISLAND | Kirrin -; imaginary place frequented by the Famous Five in many of the books by Enid Blyton (6) |
| AGATHA | Bertie Wooster's aunt in the PG Wodehouse books (6) |
| INSECT | Described in the books of Jean- Henri Fabre, any one of the more than one million species of arthropods whose development was influenced by the evolution of flowering plants (6) |
| SECRET | What completes the title of The ___ Garden, the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett? (6) |
| ROSARY | 'The Secret of the --', book by St Louis de Montfort (6) |
| ORLANDO | City in the US "Sunshine State"; or, the marmalade cat with a tabby wife in the books by Kathleen Ha |
| WOOSTER | Bertie _, character in the Jeeves stories by PG Wodehouse (7) |
| PSMITH | __, monocle-wearing character in PG Wodehouse novels (6) |
| NAHASH | King of Ammon, mentioned in the Books of Samuel, who was killed by Saul |
| ELIJAH | Old Testament prophet whose works are described in the Books of Kings (6) |
| THEMATINGSEASON | 1949 Jeeves novel by PG Wodehouse featuring the characters Esmond Haddock. Corky Potter-Pirbright and Gertrude Winkworth (3,6.6) |
| BLANDINGS | Empress of ..., pig owned by Lord Emsworth in stories by PG Wodehouse (9) |
| REDINK | Sign of trouble in the books |
| ARIVER | 1992 movie directed by Robert Redford, based on the book by Norman Maclean (1,5,4,7,2) |
| FIGARO | Count Almaviva's valet, in opera |
| SNOWY | Tintin's Wire Fox Terrier in the books by Herge (5) |
