| POLLYANNA | Classic children's novel by Eleanor H. Porter about an orphan (9) |
| COLONNADE | And no trouble. Porter about to make a set of evenly spaced columns (9) |
| COLERAINE | Porter about to carry article in Londonderry town |
| AQUARELLE | Lose heart in argument with porter about painting |
| ELABORATE | Fancy porter about to bear off |
| FOUNDLING | Discovered Heather to be an orphan (9) |
| TYRANNIES | Try out an orphan's harsh regimes (9) |
| ADOPTABLE | After fuss, quiet with dummy, like an orphan baby? |
| LOUISXVII | Known as the "lost Dauphin", prince who died an orphan aged 10 around two years after the execution |
| EYRE | Jane -; novel by Charlotte Bronte under the pen name Currer Bell about an orphan raised by a resentful aunt (4) |
| ANNEOFG | Classic novel about an orphan girl mistakenly sent to Prince Edward Island |
| LUMINARIES | The _, novel by Eleanor Catton awarded the 2013 Man Booker Prize (10) |
| HEIDI | Johanna Spyri's best-selling classic tale by about an orphan living in the mountain pastures of the Swiss AlpsA with her grandfather (5) |
| PEACH | James and the Giant -; novel for children by Roald Dahl about an orphan living inside a huge magical fruit (5) |
| STALLION | The Black ___, classic children's novel by American author Walter Farley (8) |
| SILVER | The ___ Sword, classic children's novel by Ian Serraillier (6) |
| THESECRETGARDEN | Classic children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, published in 1910 (3,6,6) |
| ANNIE | Musical about an orphan girl adopted by a rich man |
| KIM | Kipling novel about an orphan boy |
| ANNEOFGREENGABLES | This popular children's novel from 1908 about an orphan girl and her new home on Prince Edward Island spawned many movie and TV adaptations (4,2,5,6) |
