| BALOO | Character from The Jungle Book who teaches Mowgli the Law of the Jungle |
| JUNGLEBOOK | Animated film about Mowgli, The _ (6,4) |
| BAGHEERA | Black panther in The Jungle Book who is Mowgli's mentor and protector (8) |
| MOWGLI | Character in The Jungle Book who was raised by wolves (6) |
| TALESPIN | 1990s Disney show with characters from "The Jungle Book" |
| BARNECESSITIES | Edited song from "The Jungle Book" about the importance of a well-stocked liquor cabinet? |
| JUNGLE | In Kipling's works, 'the law of the ...' wasn't survival of the strongest but the expected way of behaving displayed by the animals |
| BARE | "The ___ Necessities" (song from "The Jungle Book") |
| AKELA | The wolf from The Jungle Book (5) |
| ORANGUTAN | Disney's King Louie from 'The Jungle Book' is such an animal (5-4) |
| GREENAWAY | Author and illustrator of Under the Window and Birthday Book who also provided the pictures for an edition of Language Of Flowers (9) |
| AREPARTANDPARCELOF | "Hackney-coaches ____ the law of the land; they were settled by the Legislature; plated and numbered by the wisdom of Parliament" (Dickens, in Sketches by Boz) |
| ARK | From Old English for "box", the wooden chest in which the tablets of the laws of the ancient Israelites were kept; any coffer; Noah's ship; a toy depicting said vessel; or, any boat (3) |
| EINSTEIN | Recipient of a Nobel prize "for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect" |
| KAA | Serpent from The Jungle Book |
| DANNY | In a Roald Dahl book, who is the "Champion of the World"? (5) |
| ENID | First name of the author of the Famous Five and Secret Seven books who also wrote a number of Christmas stories for children (4) |
| BEATRIX | First name of the mycologist and author of the Peter Rabbit books who left her house "Hill Top" in Cumbria to the National Trust (7) |
| CANON | ___ Law is the law of the Catholic Church. (5) |
| MOSAIC | Concerning the Law of the Jews from Mt Sinai (6) |
