| NARROWBOAT | Described in a book by L. T. C. Rolt, a type of vessel steered with a tiller on the UK's canals, locks and navigable rivers (10) |
| SLOANE | - ranger; member of an uppermiddle class social clique described in a book by Ann Barr and Peter York (6) |
| STEAMER | Vessel steered east by foreign sea (7) |
| BUGGY | Vehicle for traveling over dunes and beaches; or, one steered with a kite (5) |
| AERATE | Use a tiller on |
| RUDDER | Blade with a tiller |
| NAME | "Yertle" is the ___ of a turtle in a book by Dr. Seuss (He was king of his pond) |
| LABRADOR | Breed of dog with a black, yellow or chocolate coat, written about in a book by Ben Fogle (8) |
| QUEEN | & 1D 1905 children's book by L Frank Baum subtitled The Story of the Magic Cloak (5,4,2,2) |
| ZIXIOFIX | 1905 children's book by L Frank Baum subtitled The Story of the Magic Cloak (5,4,2,2) |
| MUNCHKIN | Any of the diminutive characters usually dressed in blue from the Oz books by L. Frank Baum (8) |
| VASE | Type of vessel in a number of paintings by Vincent van Gogh (4) |
| YACHT | Type of vessel built by Landamores of Hoveton in the 1960s and 1970s (5) |
| LINER | Type of vessel the Mikhail Lermontov was that sank in the Marlborough Sounds in 1986 (5) |
| POP | Nicknamed "1D," One Direction is the ___ band that soared to stardom in 2010 after their third-place finish on the UK's version of "The X Factor" 7KH 2QH |
| SUB | Type of vessel that went missing in June 2023 ... and is missing in five answers in this puzzle |
| DALMATIANS | Type of dogs kidnapped by Cruella de Vil in a book by Dodie Smith (10) |
| WARDROBE | Item of furniture and magical portal linking Earth to Narnia in a book by C. S. Lewis (8) |
| QUEENZIXIOFIX | 1905 children's book by L Frank Baum subtitled The Story of the Magic Cloak |
| TIKTOK | Robot-like character in the Oz books by L. Frank Baum; or, as one word, a social media app for sharing short videos (3-3) |
