| MABINOGION | Collection of ancient Welsh prose stories including tales about King Arthur |
| MYTHS | Tales about King Arthur, e.g. (5) |
| THEMABINOGION | ____ is a collection regarded as including the earliest prose stories in British literature |
| SKITTLES | Omit second bit when including tale in comedy sketches and bowl them over |
| THESWORDINTHESTONE | T.H. White novel about King Arthur |
| FRICTION | Tall tale about king causes disagreement (8) |
| JAMES | Author of The Portrait of a Lady and a number of ghost stories, including The Romance of Certain Old Clothes and The Turn of the Screw (5) |
| VEDDA | Sri Lankan verse collection of ancient tales |
| ARABIAN | The ___ Nights, collection of ancient tales told by the sultana Scheherazade (7) |
| EDDA | Scandinavian books containing a collection of ancient mythological songs and stories (4) |
| EPICCYCLE | Collection of ancient Greek poems about the Trojan War |
| MANSFIELD | Pen name of the author of short stories including How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped, The Garden Party, A Cup of Tea and The Doll's House (9) |
| MEADE | Honey-wine-like name of an author of children's stories including A World of Girls and Wild Kitty (5) |
| EGOIST | Self-centred person, say, is absorbed in collection of ancient books (6) |
| TALMUD | Collection of ancient writings on Jewish law and tradition (6) |
| MUSEUM | The has an extensive collection of ancient Greek sculptures |
| DYFED | Ancient Welsh kingdom and former county (5) |
| WATSON | Dr -; fictional character in stories including A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four and The Hound of the Baskervilles (6) |
| HOLMES | Surname of a fictional detective who features in four novels and 56 short stories including A Study in Scarlet and The Hound of the Baskervilles (6) |
| MARRYAT | Frederick -; naval officer who wrote sea stories including The King's Own and Mr Midshipman Easy and also developed a code of maritime flag signals (7) |
