| WOLFHALL | Hilary Mantel's historical novel about Thomas Cromwell, recently adapted by the BBC. (4,4) |
| HALL | Wolf -; Hilary Mantel's historical novel chronicling Thomas Cromwell's rise to power (4) |
| WILKIE | ___ Collins, author of The Woman In White, which was adapted by the BBC for TV earlier this year (6) |
| HILARYMANTEL | English novelist who won the Booker Prize in 2009 and 2012 for her novels about Thomas Cromwell (6,6) |
| WOLF | Hilary Mantel historical novel televised in 2015 (4,4) |
| GYMKHANA | Adapted by the Pony Club as mounted games, Indian word for an equestrian event involving fast turns, pole bending, vaulting and galloping (8) |
| LANTERN | Gong Li film that was later adapted by the National Ballet of China, Raise The Red ... |
| CROMWELL | Historical subject of Hilary Mantel's 2009 novel "Wolf Hall" |
| QUODAVIS | Historical novel about the Confederacy? |
| LISTENER | The ?, weekly magazine published by the BBC from 1929-91 (8) |
| PANORAMA | Launched in 1953 by the BBC, what is the world's longest-running news television programme? (8) |
| PTOMAINE | Allegedly poisonous stuff about Thomas Paine |
| BEEBREAD | Workers' food studied by the BBC |
| RICH | Henry VIII's minister who played a key role in the trials of Sir Thomas More and John Fisher as well as the downfall of Sir Thomas Cromwell and the dissolution of the monasteries (4) |
| ICLAUDIUS | Robert Graves' historical novel about the unlikely rise to power of a Roman emperor (1,8) |
| INTERVIEW | --- with the Vampire, Anne Rice novel recently adapted for television |
| THOMASCROMWELL | Adviser to King Henry VIII; the protagonist of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall novels (6,8) |
| MANTEL | Hilary a"; English author of the Thomas Cromwell trilogy including Wolf Hall and The Mirror and the Light (6) |
| BAWDEN | Author of The Peppermint Pig, Keeping Henry and Carrie's War, the latter adapted twice for screen by the BBC (6) |
| BLACKROBE | Brian Moore's 1985 historical novel about a Jesuit priest in New France: 2 wds. |
