| THREEMENINABOAT | Humorous book by English writer Jerome K Jerome about a holiday on the River Thames (5,3,2,1,4) |
| CIDERWITHROSIE | Book by English writer Laurie Lee about his childhood in Gloucestershire (5,4,5) |
| HEARTBREAKHOUSE | Drama in family circle taking holiday on the river (10,5) |
| ONEUPMANSHIP | Title of humorous book by Stephen Potter (3-9) |
| CAPOTE | Top books by English writer (6) |
| KLAPKA | Middle name of author Jerome K. Jerome (6) |
| WARHORSE | Book by English author Michael Morpurgo published in 1982 later adapted for theatre and film (3,5) |
| HARDYANNUAL | Yearly book by English author - something for taking to bed? |
| ROSIE | Cider With _, 1959 book by English author Laurie Lee (5) |
| KERN | "Ol' Man River" writer Jerome |
| SALINGER | Writer Jerome David |
| EEYORE | Gloomy donkey in the Winnie-the-Pooh books by English children's writer A.A. Milne (6) |
| ISLAND | Notes From A Small ___, humorous book on Great Britain by Bill Bryson (6) |
| GREENHITHE | Town on the River Thames in England from whence naval officer Sir John Franklin set sail on what would be a fateful 1845 expedition to the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic |
| EYNSHAM | Oxfordshire village that was the site of the last flash lock on the River Thames |
| SWANS | What birds on the River Thames are caught annually and marked as the property of the Queen? (5) |
| MUSIC | Collection of orchestral movements composed by Handel for a concert on the river Thames (5,5) |
| WATER | Collection of orchestral movements composed by Handel for a concert on the river Thames (5,5) |
| SODOR | Island setting of the Railway Series books by English author the Rev. W. Awdry (5) |
| TOKILLA | ___ Turkey (book about a holiday chore?) |
