| MANTEL | Hilary a"; English author of the Thomas Cromwell trilogy including Wolf Hall and The Mirror and the Light (6) |
| MILNE | A.A., English author whose children's books include The House at Pooh Corner (5) |
| TERMAGANT | She bullies Hilary, a nag turning to torture first (9) |
| WILBERTAWDRY | Author of the 'Thomas the Tank Engine' stories (7,5) |
| WOLFHALL | The first novel in Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell trilogy (4,4) |
| LESSER | The Lady Mary in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (5,6) |
| LILIT | The Lady Mary in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (5,6) |
| PORTER | Richard Cromwell in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (4,6) |
| OCASEY | Lady Margaret Douglas in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (5,6) |
| SPOONER | W A -, English clergyman renowned for his transposition of the initial consonants of a pair of words in a sentence (7) |
| LEWIS | Henry VIII in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (6,5) |
| DAMIAN | Henry VIII in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (6,5) |
| MOTHERSDALE | Richard Riche in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (3,11) |
| CLICHES | The appearance of a villain in a bathroom mirror and the inability to start a car, in horror movies |
| BRINGUPTHEBODIES | Hilary Mantel novel, a follow-up to Wolf Hall, and winner of the 2012 Man Booker prize |
| HALL | Wolf _: The Mirror And The Light, 2024 drama with Mark Rylance (4) |
| KENT | Credited with inventing the English landscape garden, architect who designed Prince Frederick's Barge, Holkham Hall and the stately interiors of Houghton Hall (4) |
| STUDY | Room situated between the hall and the library in a game of Cluedo (5) |
| FOY | Actress who has earned a queenly sum of accolades for her roles as Anne Boleyn in Wolf Hall and as the first Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown (3) |
| WEST | Rebecca -; author born Cicily Isabel Fairfield who wrote the Aubrey Trilogy including The Fountain Overflows (4) |
