| BATES | HE _, author of The Darling Buds Of May and Love For Lydia (5) |
| DAVID | and 34ac, English actor whose TV series include Only Fools and Horses, The Darling Buds of May and A Touch of Frost |
| JASON | see 7ac, English actor whose TV series include Only Fools and Horses, The Darling Buds of May and A Touch of Frost |
| HEBATES | English author of novels including Love For Lydia (1952) and The Darling Buds of May (1,1,5) |
| YIELD | Profit that is left between end of May and start of December (5) |
| WENDY | Eldest of the Darling children in Peter Pan (5) |
| DAVIDJASON | English actor whose TV series include Only Fools and Horses, The Darling Buds of May and A Touch of Frost |
| OAST | - house; building in which hops are traditionally dried, such as the one in the opening credits of The Darling Buds of May television series (4) |
| LARKIN | The surname of The Darling Buds Of May family (6) |
| LARKINS | The ___, TV series that is an adaptation of The Darling Buds Of May (7) |
| IDYLLS | - of the King; tracing the legend of King Arthur, his knights and love for Guinevere, a cycle of 12 narrative poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (6) |
| LADY | ___ Gaga (she recorded the Grammy-winning 2014 and 2021 albums "Cheek to Cheek" and "Love for Sale" with the great Tony Bennett, who passed away at age 96 on Friday) |
| FERRIS | Actress in The Darling Buds of May, Rosemary & Thyme and Call the Midwife as well as Matilda, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Tolkien (6) |
| NANA | The name of the Darling family's Newfoundland dog in J. M Barrie's Peter and Wendy (4) |
| GLAD | Happy to see the last of of the darling boy (4) |
| ZEALOT | One with enthusiasm and love for the East End? (6) |
| GEMINI | Star sign straddling the months of May and June |
| LEXICOGRAPHY | English team in large firm chart last of May and Johnson's work (12) |
| PRIMROSE | Flower, and member of the Larkin family in The Darling Buds of May (8) |
| EGOMANIA | An obsessive preoccupation with, and love for, oneself (8) |
