| PUFFIN | Children's literature imprint of Penguin Books (6) |
| FOSSIL | The preserved remains or imprint of a prehistoric animal or plant (6) |
| LANE | Co-founder, with brothers Richard and John, of Penguin Books in 1935 (5,4) |
| ALLEN | Co-founder, with brothers Richard and John, of Penguin Books in 1935 (5,4) |
| ALLENLANE | Co-founder, with brothers Richard and John, of Penguin Books in 1935 |
| PARCEL | Portion of land; or, one of the words for a group of penguins other than a waddle, huddle or creche (6) |
| PROUST | Head of Penguin right to sack author (6) |
| GENTOO | Type of penguin with a white stripe across its head (6) |
| ADELIE | Type of penguin (6) |
| HUDDLE | A dense crowd or jumble; an impromptu secret conference; a close gathering of strategising sports players prior to a game; or, a group of penguins or walruses (6) |
| PARADE | A procession; a parry; a parcel of penguins; or, a public promenade (6) |
| LADYBIRD | Beetle considered a gardener's ally; an imprint of illustrated books for children; or, as two words, a recent movie based on a mother-daughter relationship (8) |
| TREAD | Walk on the imprint of a tyre (5) |
| STMARTINS | Imprint of Holtzbrinck publishers |
| NOVELLO | Imprint of a publisher specialising in choral and new music (7) |
| BOOKCASE | R v Penguin Books Ltd? It's shelved (8) |
| DHLAWRENCE | Author whose book prompted the 1960 court case R. v Penguin Books Ltd. |
| PELICAN | What non-fiction partner to Penguin Books was established in 1937? (7) |
| RAS | Which US poet published The Last Skin with Penguin Books in 2010? (3) |
| ANATOLEFRANCE | French author of Penguin Island who won the 1921 Nobel prize for literature (7,6) |
