| RICHARDADAMS | English author of the 1972 novel Watership Down (7,5) |
| ADAMS | Author of the 1972 novel Watership Down, Richard _ (5) |
| FIVER | Hazel's younger brother in Richard Adams's 1972 novel Watership Down (5) |
| REUELTOLKIEN | John Ronald ___ English author of the fantasy work The Lord of the Rings: 2 wds. |
| BIGWIG | Largest and strongest of the rabbit protagonists of the 1972 Richard Adams novel Watership Down (6) |
| EIGER | "The _____ Sanction" (1975 movie of the 1972 novel by the same name) |
| DOUGLASADAMS | English author of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (7,5) |
| GKCHESTERTON | English writer of The Man Who Was Thursday (1,1,10) |
| SAMPECKINPAH | US director of the 1972 version of The Getaway (3,9) |
| LIZAMINNELLI | Star of the 1972 film Cabaret (4,8) |
| TEST | Hampshire river mentioned in the novel Watership Down (4) |
| LAPINE | Fictional language of rabbits, created by Richard Adams for his novel Watership Down (6) |
| READE | Charles, English author of the historical novel The Cloister and the Hearth (5) |
| BALLARD | JG ---, English author of the novel Empire Of The Sun (7) |
| BLAKE | William ___, English author of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and The Book of Los (5) |
| REBECCAWEST | English author of The Return of the Soldier (7,4) |
| LEVIN | Ira ***** , US author who wrote the 1972 novel 'The Stepford Wives' (5) |
| MANTEL | Hilary a"; English author of the Thomas Cromwell trilogy including Wolf Hall and The Mirror and the Light (6) |
| ANSTEY | F ___, English author of the novels The Tinted Venus and Vice Versa (6) |
| SOUTHWELL | Robert, 16th Century English author of the poem The Burning Babe (9) |
