| YONGE | Charlotte M. --, author of 'The Heir of Redclyffe' (5) |
| SYNGE | J.M., author of the play The Playboy of the Western World (5) |
| WALES | Prince of title of the heir to the British throne (5) |
| DAISY | The ___, 1856 novel by Charlotte M Yonge subtitled Aspirations (5,5) |
| CHAIN | The -, 1856 novel by Charlotte M Yonge subtitled Aspirations (5,5) |
| ROMEO | The young heir of the Montagues in a tragedy by Shakespeare (5) |
| DISCH | Thomas M -, author of 1965 science fiction novel The Genocides (5) |
| THEIR | The first heir of those people (5) |
| GAIUS | __ Caesar, slain heir of Emperor Augustus |
| SCION | Heir of a rich and famous family |
| THACKERAY | William M, author of the novel The History of Henry Esmond, Esquire (9) |
| FRODO | Hobbit, heir of Bilbo |
| BALLANTYNE | R. M. -; author of the 1857 adventure novel The Coral Island (10) |
| DELAFIELD | E.M., author of The Diary of a Provincial Lady (9) |
| CAIN | James M, author of the novel The Postman Always Rings Twice (4) |
| AGES | "I the heir of all -in the foremost files of time." Tennyson, Locksley Hall (1842) |
| VULGAR | "I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally _ _ _ _ _ _", from The Smiths' "How Soon Is Now" (6) |
| ROTHESAY | The Duke of ___ is, since 1603, one of the (Scottish) titles of the heir to the British throne (8) |
| ALCOTT | Louisa M, author of the novel Little Women (6) |
| BARRIE | J.M., author of the play Peter Pan (6) |
