| WALLIAMS | David _, actor and author of children's books including 2008's The Boy In The Dress (8) |
| OXENBURY | Helen, illustrator and writer of children's picture books born in 1938 (8) |
| HOUND | Rufus - - -, actor-comedian who plays Dad in the current RSC production of The Boy In The Dress at Stratford-upon-Avon (5) |
| MOSS | Model Kate, seen in Zoolander 2, The Boy In The Dress etc (4) |
| DRSEUSS | Pen name of the author and illustrator of a number of children's books including Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in the Hat (2,5) |
| BACKROOM | "Go, see what the boys in the ... will have; And give them the poison they name!" ordered Marlene Di |
| RESCUING | ____ the Spectacled Bear: A Peruvian Diary is a 2002 factual book by actor and author Stephen Fry |
| PEDANTRY | Finicality by the boy in the larder (8) |
| LIVELY | Author of The Road to Lichfield, Heat Wave, the memoir Life in the Garden and a number of children's books including A Stitch in Time (6) |
| OGILVY | Ian --, English actor and author of the children's novel 'Measle and the Wrathmonk' (6) |
| SENDAK | Author of children's books including Kenny's Window, Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitc |
| AIKEN | Author of children's books including The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Nightbirds on Nantucket and The Cuckoo (5) |
| IDLE | Comic actor and writer of The Philosopher's Song and Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life (from The Life Of Brian), Eric ... |
| LAURIE | Hugh, comic actor and author of the novel The Gun Seller (6) |
| WILSON | Jacqueline -; author of children's books including The Story of Tracy Beaker and Girls under Pressure (6) |
| OMIDDJALILI | English comedian, actor and writer of Iranian descent who played the starring role in the David Baddiel-scripted film The Infidel (4,7) |
| USTINOV | Peter, actor and author of the play The Indifferent Shepherd (7) |
| RACKHAM | One of 12 siblings who became a skilful artist celebrated for his illustrations in classic children's books, including Grimm's Fairy Tales, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and The Wind in the Willows |
| KINGSMITH | West Country farmer and gent, Ronald Gordon or Dick, who was also a prolific author of some 130 children's books, including The Queen's Nose, the Sophie series, The Water Horse and Babe inspiration Th |
| SHER | Antony, late South African-born actor and author of the novel Middlepost (4) |
