| THERAINBOW | D H Lawrence novel to which Women in Love is a sequel (3,7) |
| GYMNASTICS | Olympic sport in which women have four events and men have six (10) |
| WALKOVER | Interrupting war for a weekend in love, is a simple matter (8) |
| URSULABRANGWEN | Character in 1920 D H Lawrence novel Women in Love; wife of Rupert Birkin |
| URSULA | and 13dn, Character in 1920 D H Lawrence novel Women in Love; wife of Rupert Birkin |
| BRANGWEN | see 17ac, Character in 1920 D H Lawrence novel Women in Love; wife of Rupert Birkin |
| ILLINOIS | Being sick in love is a heartland state (8) |
| WOMEN | ___ In Love, 1969 film directed by Ken Russell based on a D.H. Lawrence novel (5) |
| AARONSROD | 1922 D H Lawrence novel about a colliery union official who is a talented flautist (6,3) |
| OMOO | Melville's novel which is a sequel to Typee |
| FIANCE | One who has fallen in love is revealed by a change in face (6) |
| WISH | Puss in Boots: The Last ___ 2022 film starring Antonio Banderas that is a sequel to a 2011 film |
| MELLORS | Oliver -, gamekeeper in 1928 D H Lawrence novel Lady Chatterley's Lover (7) |
| KANGAROO | 1923 D.H. Lawrence novel set in Australia (8) |
| OLIVERMELLORS | Titular gamekeeper in the D. H. Lawrence novel Lady Chatterley's Lover (6,7) |
| ESTATE | "The ...", Isaac Bashevis Singer novel that is a sequel to The Manor (6) |
| THEJUNGLE | Jumanji: Welcome To ___, film that The Next Level is a sequel to (3,6) |
| DISENCHANTED | 2022 film starring Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey that is a sequel to a 2007 film |
| WATER | Avatar: The Way of ___ 2022 film starring Zoe Saldana that is a sequel to a 2009 film |
| MAVERICK | Top Gun: ___ 2022 film starring Tom Cruise that is a sequel to a 1986 film |
