| RUNCIBLESPOON | Cutlery item employed by the Owl and the Pussy-Cat in Edward Lear's poem |
| RUNCIBLE | Type of spoon used by The Owl and the Pussy-Cat in Edward Lear's poem (8) |
| PEAGREEN | In what colour boat did the owl and the pussy-cat go to sea in Edward Lear's poem? (3-5) |
| NONSENSE | Rubbish, like Lear's poems ? (8) |
| QUINCE | Fruit in the apple family mentioned in Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussy-Cat (6) |
| SPOON | Utensil used for dining on mince and quince in Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussy-Cat (1871) |
| LEAR | Painter of landscapes and birds who introduced The Owl and the Pussy-Cat in his Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets (4) |
| OWL | The ___ and the Pussy-Cat (Edward Lear poem) |
| BONGTREE | Feature of land reached by the owl and the pussycat (4,4) |
| MINCE | Food eaten by the Owl and the Pussycat (5) |
| EDWARDLEAR | Author of the nonsense poem "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" (6,4) |
| PEA | Edward Lear: "The owl and the pussy-cat went to sea in a beautiful ___ green boat." |
| THEJUMBLIES | Edward Lear poem starting "They went to sea in a Sieve" |
| WHOHAS | The Pobble ___ no toes, Edward Lear poem (3,3) |
| POBBLE | Fictitious creature, one of which without toes titles an Edward Lear poem (6) |
| THEAKONDOFSWAT | Edward Lear poem that begins "Who, or why, or which, or what ..." |
| INTHESAMEBOAT | Sharing similar problems, like the Owl and the Pussy-Cat |
| SEA | Where the Owl and the Pussy-cat went |
| TOSEA | "The Owl and the Pussy-cat went ___ ___ ..." |
| BARN | Farm or rural building used by the owl Tyto alba as a nesting place (4) |
