| SMEAGOL | Character in J R R Tolkien's fantasy novels who turns into Gollum (7) |
| MIDDLEEARTH | Tolkien's fantasy realm is renowned for the bizarre dream it held (6,5) |
| SARUMAN | Character in J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings played by Christopher Lee in Peter Jackson's film |
| DARLING | Wendy, a principal character in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan (7) |
| MATILDA | Child in a Roald Dahl novel who has psychokinetic powers (7) |
| KWJETER | US author of science fiction and horror novels who coined the term 'steampunk' in 1987 (1,1,5) |
| AZKABAN | Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , third in the series of fantasy novels by JK Rowling published in 1999 (7) |
| TREEBEARD | Character in J.R.R. Tolkien's books who lives in the Forest of Fanghorn (9) |
| TRICKSY | Adjective that Gollum uses for "hobbitses," in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| THEDARK | Series of fantasy novels by Stephen King, centred on the knight/ gunslinger Roland Deschain (3,4,5) |
| GOLLUM | Character in J R R Tolkien's The Hobbit from whom Bilbo Baggins took the Ring |
| TOLKIEN | Creator of the characters Gandalf and Gollum |
| VIOLET | _ Beauregarde, character who turns into a blueberry in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (6) |
| GREGORSAMSA | Character who turns into a bug in The Metamorphosis |
| HOLDENCAULFIELD | Narrator and main character in J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher In The Rye (6,9) |
| SMEE | Mr --, character in J.M. Barrie's 'Peter Pan' novels (4) |
| SCOTT | Author of the Waverley novels who lived at Abbotsford in the Scottish Borders and married on Christmas Eve in 1797 (5) |
| ODETTE | Princess in Swan Lake who turns into a swan each morning (6) |
| SAMSA | Gregor who turns into a bug in "The Metamorphosis" |
| HOOK | Captain -; character in J. M. Barrie's play and novel Peter and Wendy (4) |