| GRUFFALO | Fictional monster created by children's writer Julia Donaldson (8) |
| STICK | - Man; book by The Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson (5) |
| GRINCH | Pot-bellied, pear-shaped character created by children's writer Dr Seuss (6) |
| HOWE | "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" writer Julia Ward ___ |
| WARD | Writer Julia ___ Howe |
| CHIMERA | Fire-breathing monster created by artist under agreement (7) |
| BANDERSNATCH | A monster created by Lewis Carroll (12) |
| JABBERWOCK | Fabulous monster created by Lewis Carroll (10) |
| BRIDGERTON | TV series set in England's Regency era based on a novel series by U.S. author Julia Quinn (10) |
| CHANDELIER | Decorative hanging light fixture (incl. "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" author Julia, tossed, in the circled letters) |
| STICKMAN | Children's book by The Gruffalo creator Julia Donaldson (5,3) |
| FARTHING | - Wood; fictional locale imagined by children's author Colin Dann (8) |
| GODZILLA | Fictional monster, or kaiju ('strange beast'), of Japanese cinema introduced by director and co-writer Honda Ishiro in the 1954 film Gojira (8) |
| BEHEMOTH | Monster created with a 'hob' theme (8) |
| ANYWHERE | Which Way To ____, first book in an intended fantasy series by children's author Cressida Cowell (8) |
| SPOT | Fictional puppy created by children's author and illustrator Eric Hill (4) |
| NUTKIN | Squirrel ____ , character created by children's author Beatrix Potter (6) |
| MATILDA | _____ Wormwood, precocious, book-loving girl created by children's author Roald Dahl (7) |
| JEREMY | ____ Fisher, frog created by children's author Beatrix Potter who has a lily-pad boat (6) |
| THEGRUFFALO | Children's book by Julia Donaldson published in 1999 (3,8) |
