| WILLYWONKA | Fictional chocolatier in the novel Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (5,5) |
| WILLY | ___ Wonka eccentric chocolatier from Roald Dahl's children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| DAHL | Roald, author of the children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (4) |
| ROALDDAHL | Author of the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (5,4) |
| WONKA | Character in Roald Dahl's novel Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (5,5) |
| SALT | Veruca -, winner of one of five Golden Tickets in 1964 Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (4) |
| GENE | _ Wilder. US actor who played Willy Wonka in a 1971 adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1.) |
| VERMICIOUSKNIDS | Shape-shifting alien antagonists of the 1972 Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (10,5) |
| TOBLERONE | You've seen the mountain on this chocolatier's classic logo-but have you noticed the bear hidden in the mountain, representing Switzerland's capital city of Bern? |
| ROWNTREE | Joseph, English Quaker philanthropist and chocolatier born in York in 1836 (8) |
| CADBURY | Chocolatier and animal welfare pioneer who established the garden village Bournville for his workers and what is now a global confectionery brand (7) |
| LAURASECORD | Canadian chocolatier named after the heroine of the War of 1812: 2 wds. |
| HERSHEY | Milton S., U.S. chocolatier and philanthropist born in 1857 (7) |
| KNOW | Recognise famous chocolatier shaving in the mirror |
| LINDT | Rodolphe ___, chocolatier who founded a Swiss factory in 1879 (5) |
| JOSEPH | ___ Rowntree, Quaker philanthropist and chocolatier, born in 1836 (6) |
| PALOMINE | ___-_-___ (Candy bar which New Brunswick chocolatier Ganong began making in 1920) |
| PRODNOSE | Corrupt chocolatier played by Matt Lucas in 2023 musical film Wonka (8) |
| GANONG | New Brunswick chocolatier established in 1873 |
| CONCHE | Chocolatier Lindt's invention of a chocolate mixer or "velvetiser" with an originally seashell-esque tank (6) |