| SAFETYPINS | Fasteners invented by Walter Hunt (6-4) |
| REIMKENNAR | The term for an enchanter, probably invented by Walter Scott (4-6) |
| VELCRO | Fastener invented by George de Mestral in 1948 (6) |
| SAFETYPIN | Walter Hunt invention |
| DANGEROUS
| 1831 novel by Walter Scott (6,9) |
| GEIERSTEIN | 1829 novel by Walter Scott subtitled The Maiden of the Mist (4,2,10) |
| OFTHEISLES | The -, 1815 poem by Walter Scott dealing with the return of Robert Bruce to Scotland (4,2,3,5) |
| WOODPECKER | Woody ___ , animated cartoon bird created by Walter Lantz in 1940 (10) |
| KENILWORTH | 1821 novel by Walter Scott (10) |
| ADMITTANCE | Entry made by Walter shortly appearing in a social gathering (10) |
| UPINTHEAIR | 2001 novel by Walter Kirn (2,2,3,3) |
| THEBRIDEOF | 1819 novel by Walter Scott featuring the character Sir William Ashton |
| LAMMERMOOR | 1819 novel by Walter Scott featuring the character Sir William Ashton (3,5,2,10) |
| ROSEAYLMER | Poem by Walter Savage Landor containing the lines 'Ah, what avails the sceptred race/Ah, what the form divine!/What every virtue, every grace!' |
| LOVEONTHE | 1933 novel by Walter Greenwood (4,2,3,4) |
| LOVEONTHEDOLE | 1933 novel by Walter Greenwood (4,2,3,4) |
| STEVEJOBS | Biographical film by Danny Boyle based on a book by Walter Isaacson (5,4) |
| ENNUI | Word for boredom used as the title of a sonnet by Sylvia Plath, a painting by Walter Sickert and a song by Lou Reed (5) |
| BLUE | 1998 science fiction novel by Walter Mosley (4,5) |
| CASTLE | 1831 novel by Walter Scott (6,9) |
