| BRERFOX | Character in the Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris who makes the Tar-Baby (4,3) |
| FORCERTAIN | Definitely, will make the tar melt in the end (3,7) |
| BRER | --- Rabbit, character in stories by Joel Chandler Harris (4) |
| REMUS | Uncle -, narrator of stories by Joel Chandler Harris (5) |
| TONI | Morrison who wrote "Tar Baby" |
| BRERBEAR | Gullible character in the Uncle Remus folk tales compiled by Joel Chandler Harris |
| BEAR | see 16ac, Gullible character in the Uncle Remus folk tales compiled by Joel Chandler Harris |
| TARBABY | Doll to which Br'er Rabbit became stuck in the second of Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus stories (1881) |
| RABBIT | Central figure of the Uncle Remus stories popularised by Joel Chandler Harris (4,6) (See 14A) |
| BRERRABBIT | Central figure of the Uncle Remus stories popularised by Joel Chandler Harris |
| BRIAR | Where Br'er Rabbit could hide in the Uncle Remus stories, the ... patch |
| EMMYLOU | Harris who sang with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt |
| ESTELLE | Harris who played George's mother on "Seinfeld" |
| JOEL | ___ Chandler Harris, author of the Uncle Remus stories (4) |
| HARRIS | Joel Chandler, author of the Uncle Remus stories (6) |
| JOELCHANDLERHARRIS | Author of the Uncle Remus stories (4,8,6) |
| UNCLEREMUS | Fictional title character of a collection of folk tales by Joel Chandler Harris (5,5) |
| PONGO | Nickname of Reginald Twistleton, a Drones Club member in the Uncle Fred books by P. G. Wodehouse (5) |
| NAOMIE | Harris who currently plays Moneypenny in the Bond films |
| FAT | Portly pal of Big Mo Harris who we"ve never seen in EastEnders (3,5) |
