| ASHDOWN | East Sussex Forest that inspired the location for 7 down's children's stories (7) |
| IDE | Common suffix for 7-Downs |
| SEATTLE | US city in which Bill Gates was born and is the location for Amazon HQ (7) |
| ARGONNE | French forest that was the site of a 1918 battle |
| BIGEARS | In the children's stories, who is a pal of Noddy? (3,4) |
| BIGGLES | Pilot hero of children's stories (7) |
| NANETTE | Forename of a "face" of Fairy Liquid with velvet-brown hair who starred in her husband Bryan Forbes's films and penned children's stories and volumes about animals, cookery and fine fare (7) |
| GRAHAME | English writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932). |
| FOREVER | In perpetuity putting an end to children's stories (3,4,3,4) |
| DRSEUSS | American writer of children's stories (2,5) |
| ANDES | Danes lost in range that was the location for a 2009 Top Gear special (5) |
| NECKAR | German river rising in the Black Forest that joins the Rhine at Mannheim (6) |
| NORTHWALES | Gwrych Castle, the location for I'm A Celeb in 2020 and 2021, is in this part of the UK (5,5) |
| AEROSPACE | Area copes badly with the location for flighty types (9) |
| MAJOROAK | Tree in Sherwood Forest that was the legendary meeting-place for Robin Hood and his men (5,3) |
| TEXAS | ...and the location for many Westerns (5) |
| GARDEN | Grand forest that may surround the house |
| OCALA | National Forest that has the Silver Springs |
| LIANA | A woody vine found in tropical forests that is rooted in the soil and climbs up around other plants to reach the canopy (5) |
| TEAGARDEN | New gate leading to forest that offers outdoor refreshments (3,6) |
