| AAAMILNE | Children's author and roadside helper? |
| ATAXIA | Problem with moving vehicle - get roadside helpers around (6) |
| CORNCOCKLE | Grain, bivalve mollusc, and roadside plant |
| WILLOWHERB | A tall perennial flower also called fireweed found in woodland and roadside verges (10) |
| CLEMATIS | Preferring its "head in the sun and feet in the shade", a climbing plant also aptly named traveller's joy for its prevalence along hedgerows, pathways and roadsides (8) |
| WILSON | Children's author and creator of characters including Hetty Feather and Tracy Beaker (6) |
| BARKLEM | Pen name of the children's author and illustrator Gillian Gaze, who wrote the seasonal autumn, spring, summer and winter stories based on the miniature world of the mice of Brambly Hedge (7) |
| GAY | Canadian children's author and illustrator |
| BEATRIXPOTTER | Children's author and illustrator (7,6) |
| SCARRY | Richard ___, children's author and illustrator who created Busytown (6) |
| POYNTER | McFly bassist, children's author and fashion model, Dougie _ (7) |
| SPOT | Fictional puppy created by English children's author and illustrator Eric Hill; first appeared in print in 1980 (4) |
| MAURICESENDAK | US children's author and illustrator best known for 1963's Where the Wild Things Are (7,6) |
| JUDITH | Children's author and illustrator who created the feline character Mog, _ Kerr (6) |
| ERIC | ____ Hill, children's author and illustrator who created the puppy Spot (4) |
| POTTER | Children's writer and illustrator, one successful at table (6) |
| MAID | Male helper? Yes and no |
| WWWWWW | Beach Boys' helper? |
| SAINTELMO | Chip maker acquired by sailor's helper? |
| SHILLADVISED | Counseled by a huckster's helper? |
