| NCWYETH | Illustrator of 'Treasure Island' |
| RLS | Initials of the author of Treasure Island (3) |
| STEVENSON | Author of Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (9) |
| ROBERTNEWTON | English actor best remembered for his portrayal of Long John Silver in the 1950 film adaptation of Treasure Island |
| GUNN | Pirate Ben of "Treasure Island" |
| SLEZAK | Walter of "Treasure Island" |
| BENBOW | Admiral of Treasure Island inn (6) |
| GEMINI | Sign of Treasure Island covers wearing (6) |
| EYOT | Play around with ending of Treasure Island |
| SILVER | Long John of "Treasure Island" |
| BEN | Gunn of "Treasure Island" |
| RL | Part of Treasure Island author's monogram |
| JIM | Hawkins of Treasure Island, e.g. (3) |
| SPAM | Nuisance going from box-to-box perhaps returns outlines of Treasure Island, for instance (4) |
| NARRATOR | Storyteller, on reflection, runs over beginning of Treasure Island |
| ERNEST | Forename of a Punch artist who brought to life Pooh, Toad of Toad Hall and of course his daughter Mary, the illustrator of P L Travers's magical nanny Mary Poppins with the super-califragilisticexpial |
| BLAKE | Illustrator of many of the children's books by Roald Dahl who was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1980; or, the pop artist who co-founded the Brotherhood of Ruralists (5) |
| CRANE | Illustrator of children's books and of William Morris' The Story of the Glittering Plain who also designed wallpapers including Peacock Garden and Meadow Flowers (5) |
| GREENAWAY | Author and illustrator of Under the Window and Birthday Book who also provided the pictures for an edition of Language Of Flowers (9) |
| DRSEUSS | Pen name of the author and illustrator of a number of children's books including Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in the Hat (2,5) |
