| ATTERCOP | Dialect word for a spider used by Bilbo Baggins in J R R Tolkien's The Hobbit |
| STING | Elven sword wielded by Bilbo and Frodo Baggins in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (5) |
| SEEDCAKE | Dessert favored by Bilbo Baggins: 2 wds. |
| SPINNER | A person who twists fibres into yarns; a Shakespearean word for a spider; a revolving device used as an alternative to a die in board games; or, a Jamaican dumpling (7) |
| ETHERCAP | An old Scottish word for a spider (8) |
| GOLLUM | Character in J R R Tolkien's The Hobbit from whom Bilbo Baggins took the Ring |
| DRAGON | A mythical creature such as Smaug in J R R Tolkien's The Hobbit |
| ELVENKING | Title applied to Thranduil in J R R Tolkien's The Hobbit (9) |
| SMAUG | Antagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit (1937), 'a most specially greedy, strong and wicked worm' (5) |
| SILK | Natural fibre used for embroidery; or, another word for a spider's gossamer (4) |
| IANHOLM | He played the hobbit Bilbo Baggins in the The Lord Of The Rings trilogy (3,4) |
| HOLT | Term for a fortress/keep originally, later a dialect word for a grasp or grip; an otter's riverbank couch, den or lair; a refuge; or, from "twig", a copse, orchard, wood or wooded hill (4) |
| ANDUIN | In J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the great river, east of the Misty Mountains, on whose west bank is the Elvish land of Lothlorien |
| SMEAGOL | Hobbit transformed into the monstrous Gollum in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (7) |
| ISENGARD | Fortress occupied by the wizard Saruman in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (8) |
| PIPPIN | Familiar name of the hobbit Peregrin Took in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (6) |
| RETURN | The final volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings, The _ Of The King (6) |
| TREEBEARD | Ent who lives in the Forest of Fangorn in J.R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (9) |
| IAN | British actor cast as the hobbit Bilbo Baggins in The Lord Of The Rings movies, ... Holm |
| BAGEND | Home of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings |
