| KINGSMARKHAM | Fictional Sussex town in which the Inspector Wexford novels by English crime writer Ruth Rendell are set (12) |
| VINE | Pseudonym used by English crime writer Ruth Rendell, Barbara _ (4) |
| ADAMDALGLIESH | Fictional detective created by English crime writer P. D. James, appearing in 14 novels between 1962 and 2008 (4,9) |
| RENDELL | Crime writer Ruth |
| YESTERYEAR | Agreed rent around East Sussex town in times gone by (10) |
| BARBARAVINE | Occasional pseudonym of author Ruth Rendell (7,4) |
| RUTHRENDELL | English author of novels including the Inspector Wexford series published from 1964 to 2013 (4,7) |
| THEWARDEN | First of the six Chronicles of Barsetshire novels by English author Anthony Trollope, published in 1855 (3,6) |
| SLOUGH | English town in which the 2001-3 Ricky Gervais sitcom The Office was set (6) |
| ALDERSHOT | Hampshire town in which the first permanent training camp for the British Army was established in 1854 (9) |
| AGNESGREY | First of the two novels by English author Anne Bronte (1847), whose heroine marries curate Edward Weston (5,4) |
| GEORGEBAKER | Actor best known for playing Tiberius in I, Claudius and Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries |
| EPSOM | Surrey town in which the UK's first automatic telephone exchange was installed in 1912 (5) |
| DENTON | Fictional Midlands town in which the TV series A Touch Of Frost was set (6) |
| ROCHDALE | Lancashire town in which the Co-operative Movement began in 1844 (8) |
| BETHANY | Town in which the Bible says Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead (7) |
| THEWAVES | Seventh of the nine novels by English author Virginia Woolf (1931) |
| BROOMSTICKS | Bedknobs and ____ , 1971 musical fantasy film based on novels by English author Mary Norton (11) |
| RIVENDELL | Fictional valley in one volume penned by author Ruth (9) |
| AGATHA | ___ Christie, English crime writer who wrote the 1952 play The Mousetrap (6) |
