| OLIVER | Comedian John who is said to resemble a love child of Harry Potter and Owl from "Winnie-the-Pooh" |
| AAMILNE | *"Winnie-the-Pooh" writer |
| URBANE | Cultured Owl from New Labour (6) |
| CLEESE | British comedian John who was in Monty Python |
| BOP | "___ is no love child of jazz": Charlie Parker |
| EROS | Love child of myth |
| BLOWBYBLOW | Sudden misfortune (a love-child) explained in great detail |
| MADAMABUTTERFLY | Bad fault my mater condemned: she had a love-child (6,9) |
| DEREK | 1947-53 Sheffield Wednesday striker; manager of the Owls from 1971-73 (5,6) |
| DOOLEY | 1947-53 Sheffield Wednesday striker; manager of the Owls from 1971-73 (5,6) |
| CANDY | Comedian John, who 8-Down dedicated their fourth album to |
| SINISTER | Full of menace, like a love-child's bar? |
| SERAC | Named after a variety of white Swiss cheese which it is said to resemble, a pinnacle of ice among crevasses of a glacier (5) |
| OCTANS | Said to resemble a navigational instrument, a constellation named by Lacaille with 13 others including the "Air Pump", the "Chisel", the "Compasses" and the "Easel" (6) |
| JOHNBARLEYCORN | Stuff Roo with mashed heart of Kanga, feet of Pooh and Owl and half of Rabbit; add mush and liquor ( |
| PELLET | A little "ball"-like thing, from boss, bullet, pill and shot to a nugget of pet kibble and owl's cast-off meal lot (6) |
| CHIMNEY | A femerall or smokestack one is said to resemble when chain-smoking tobacco or puffing on a pipe (7) |
| RYE | "And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and ___ ..." (lyric from "American Pie") |
| DAIS | It's said to resemble a kind of platform (4) |
| ERE | "Whilst eyes that change ___ night / Make glad the day" (line from "Mutability," by Shelley) |
