| CHANEL | Coco ---, 20th Century French fashion icon credited with popularising the little black dress (6) |
| COCO | The 20th-century French fashion icon credited with popularising the little black dress, _ Chanel (4) |
| COCOCHANEL | 20th-century French fashion designer credited with popularising the little black dress (4,6) |
| COLT | Samuel ---, 19th-Century American inventor credited with popularising the revolver (4) |
| JMBARRIE | Scottish author and dramatist, 1860-1937, credited with popularising the name Wendy (1,1,6) |
| EDWARDLEAR | English writer credited with popularising the limerick |
| SHEATH | Many a little black dress |
| CULPEPER | English botanist and astrologer whose 1652 work The English Physician is credited with popularising herbalism (8,8) |
| NICHOLAS | English botanist and astrologer whose 1652 work The English Physician is credited with popularising herbalism (8,8) |
| RALEIGH | Sir Walter - - -,explorer credited with popularising tobacco in England (7) |
| DIOR | Christian, 20th-century French fashion designer and a vibrant red rose (4) |
| WORTH | English couturier noted for crinolined gowns, popularising the bustle and founding Parisian haute couture (5) |
| GUNN | Who was born in Melbourne in 1870 and wrote The Little Black Princess (1905) and We of the Never-Never (1908) (4) |
| DRESSES | Designer Coco Chanel gave us the little black ... |
| BRAG | Show off little black dress that's seen better days? (4) |
| COBRA | Creature the little black girl is carrying (5) |
| INKBERRIES | The small black fruits of Ilex glabra, a North American form of holly |
| HOLLY | *Go lightly of little black dress and sunglasses fame |
| ALINE | Little-black-dress option |
| GRANGER | Bill, late chef noted for popularising smashed avocado on toast (7) |
