| ROSINANTE | Horse of Don Quixote in the story by Cervantes (9) |
| ROCINANTE | Don Quixote's horse in the story by Miguel de Cervantes (9) |
| DULCINEA | Mistress of Don Quixote in a 17th-century novel by Miguel de Cervantes (8) |
| SANCHOPANZA | Manservant of Don Quixote in a 17th Century novel by Miguel de Cervantes (6,5) |
| SNOWGOOSE | 'The --', story by Paul Gallico (4,5) |
| CERVANTES | Miguel De ___, the author of Don Quixote (9) |
| ANECDOTAL | As in the story, lad at once became foolish (9) |
| NOVELETTE | One let vet loose in the story (9) |
| DORE | Gustave -; artist who illustrated a French edition of Don Quixote by Cervantes (4) |
| DEAD | 'The --', story by James Joyce filmed by John Huston in 1987 (4) |
| BURRO | Animal ridden by Sancho Panza in the book by Cervantes (5) |
| SHOUT | 'The -', story by Robert Graves filmed in 1978 with Alan Bates (5) |
| TILTATWINDMILLS | Struggle with imaginary opposition, from the story of Don Quixote (4,2,9) |
| LAMANCHA | Spanish region in which the story of Don Quixote takes place (2,6) |
| QUIXOTE | Don --, hero of a romance by Cervantes (7) |
| MANOFLAMANCHA | Musical based on the story of Don Quixote (3,2,2,6) |
| PETIPA | One of the original choreographers of "Don Quixote" |
| GIANT | A windmill was mistaken for this large person in a book by Cervantes (5) |
| ALONSOS | Shakespeare's King of Naples and Quixano of "Don Quixote" |
| PANZA | Sancho ____, the squire of Don Quixote |