| WILLIAMSON | Henry -, author of novels Tarka the Otter and Salar the Salmon |
| JAMES | Henry -; author of novels including The Portrait of a Lady and The Wings of the Dove (5) |
| HENRY | Author of the novel Tarka the Otter (5) |
| FIELDING | Henry -, author of novels Amelia and An Apology for the Life of Mrs Shamela Andrews |
| TREECE | Henry -, author of novels Wki '5 Dawn and The Dar Island (6) |
| MILLER | Henry -, author of novels Tropic of Cancer and Black Spring |
| HENRYWILLIAMSON | Author of Salar the Salmon (5,10) |
| JEFFERIES | Naturalist noted for his depiction of rural life in works including Bevis, The Open Air and Tarka the Otter author Henry Williamson's favourite book The Story of My Heart (9) |
| MINK | Animal in the same family as the otter and the ferret |
| NEVILLE | Henry -, author of 1668 prose fiction The Isle of Pines |
| BADGER | A burrowing animal of the otter and weasel family (6) |
| HEANEY | Seamus -; poet whose collection Field Work includes Oysters, The Otter and sequence Glanmore Sonnets (6) |
| RIDERHAGGARD | Sir Henry -, author of books featuring Allan Quatermain (5,7) |
| USTINOV | Peter -; actor in a number of films including Spartacus and Death on the Nile who also narrated Tarka the Otter (7) |
| TUNNICLIFFE | Wildlife illustrator who was a major contributor to the RSPB magazine Bird Notes and provided artwork for Henry Williamson's books including Tarka the Otter (11) |
| TAW | Devon river and setting for Henry Williamson's Tarka the Otter (3) |
| LEAPER | Translation of salar in the salmon's scientific name (6) |
| OTTER | Classic wildlife novel, Tarka the ... |
| OUANANICHE | Name by which the Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, is also known (10) |
| DEVON | County containing rivers including the Dart, Exe, Lemon, Otter and Mole (5) |
