| QUEENIE | Children's novel by Jacqueline Wilson based on her character Elsie Kettle; or, regional dialect in S |
| MIDNIGHT | Children's novel by Jacqueline Wilson (8) |
| SLUR | Damaging insinuation, a ... on her character |
| ROBERTSEAN | With 25-Across, actor who played Dr. James Wilson (based on 47-Across) on the Fox series "House": 2 wds. |
| DOLL | Effigy of a human made by a miniaturist; or, regional dialect for the smallest or youngest piglet in a litter (4) |
| CREEL | Angler's wicker basket for holding fish or trapping lobsters; or, regional dialect for a pulley airer such as a Sheila Maid (5) |
| TRACYBEAKER | Lead character in a series of stories by Jacqueline Wilson |
| WICK | Central cord in a candle; or, regional dialect for a dairy farm (4) |
| YAFFLE | Provincial word or regional dialect for a green woodpecker (6) |
| HETTYFEATHER | Book by Jacqueline Wilson (5,7) |
| FLEABAG | TV series created and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, based on her one-woman show first performed in 2013 |
| HEATANDDUST | 1983 film with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, based on her Booker prize-winning novel (4,3,4) |
| ROSEN | Novelist and poet who succeeded Jacqueline Wilson as Children's Laureate in 2007 (7,5) |
| MICHAEL | Novelist and poet who succeeded Jacqueline Wilson as Children's Laureate in 2007 (7,5) |
| MICHAELROSEN | Author who succeeded Jacqueline Wilson as British Children's Laureate in 2007 (7,5) |
| DAPHNEDUMAURIER | A movie based on her book won the Best Picture Oscar in 1940 |
| AROOMOFONES | ___ Own writer Virginia Woolf's extended essay based on her lectures delivered at Cambridge University: 4 wds. |
| BARBIE | Iconic doll range including a version based on Her Majesty the Queen released in 2022 (6) |
| WHISTLE | Steam-operated signalling device on an old railway locomotive or a traditional kettle; or, a simple type of fipple flute or flageolet (7) |
| TRIVET | A three-legged prop for a cooking pot or kettle; or, a low support for a hot dish or teapot on a table (6) |
