| WARNE | Founder of a company, now an imprint, that has published Beatrix Potter's illustrated books including The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Tailor of Gloucester for some 120 years (5) |
| AYLESBURYS | Depicted in Helen Allingham's painting Irish Cottage and in Beatrix Potter's illustrated tales, domestic ducks of a breed with white plumage (10) |
| EMBITTERED | Get involved like a journalist with the military includin' attacker - 'e's in need of a sweetener (1 |
| BEAUMONTSMITH | Which pioneer Australian filmmaker wrote, produced, directed, edited and marketed his films includin |
| MOUTHINTHEMELTS | Imprint that forced a deli to trash sandwiches? |
| AVON | HarperCollins imprint that publishes romance novels |
| LADYBIRD | Beetle considered a gardener's ally; an imprint of illustrated books for children; or, as two words, a recent movie based on a mother-daughter relationship (8) |
| FLORA | From the name of a goddess of blossoming plants, word for the collective botany of a region or age; or, an illustrated book detailing this (5) |
| POTTER | Author of a series of illustrated books published by Frederick Wame & Co. who bequeathed 15 farms and some 4,000 acres to the National Trust (6) |
| WIMPY | Diary of a ___Kid ; series of illustrated books for children by Jeff Kinney (5) |
| LITERARYGUILD | US book club which has published its own editions of new books since 1927 |
| ARMOIRE | Word, originally for a closet of weapons or a cabinet of war, now an antique chifforobe for clothes or an ornate wardrobe of wear (7) |
| VOLVO | From the Latin word for "I roll," this was originally intended as a name for a ball bearing being developed by a Swedish company. Now this is a well-known automobile maker. |
| VICTORIAPLUM | Character in a series of illustrated books by Angela Rippon (8,4) |
| LITTLEBEAR | Constellation Ursa Minor; or, a series of illustrated books for children by Else Holmelund Minarik ( |
| BENELTON | Comedian who was a writer on The Young Ones and Blackadder, and has published 17 novels (3,5) |
| FOUNTAIN | Word originally for a natural spring but now an ornamental structure with jets of water; or, a reservoir for ink in a pen or for oil in a lamp(8) |
| MILLAIS | Co-founder of the "PRB" who painted Autumn Leaves and Bubbles and illustrated books by Anthony Trollope including Phineas Finn (7) |
| BRIGGS | Author of illustrated books including When the Wind Blows and Ethel & Ernest (6) |
| HEDGE | Brambly -; series of illustrated books and stories by Jill Barklem (5) |
