| WALTONS | John Boy and the gang |
| CSLEWIS | Author of "The Allegory of Love," "The Horse and His Boy," and "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" |
| GAINSBOROUGH | Artist noted for landscapes, portraits including The Blue Boy and The Pink Boy and, in his final decade, "fancy pictures" including his Cottage Door paintings (12) |
| AESOP | "The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey" fable writer |
| IDIOT | The ____ Boy and The Mad Mother were two of Wordsworth's poems in the Lyrical Ballads collection |
| SETH | Indian novelist and poet who wrote The Golden Gate, A Suitable Boy and the fable collection Beastly Tales (4) |
| RATTIGAN | Surname of the playwright whose works include The Winslow Boy and The Browning Version |
| ROBERT | Star of The Batman, adding his voice to animation The Boy And The Heron (6,9) |
| PATTINSON | Star of The Batman, adding his voice to animation The Boy And The Heron (6,9) |
| HERON | "The Boy and the ___" (Hayao Miyazaki film) |
| ANIME | 2023's "The Boy and the Heron," e.g. |
| OBSERVER | Somebody watching the old boy and the waiter (8) |
| THEWALTONS | TV series about a family in the Blue Ridge Mountains, seen from the point of view of the oldest son, John Boy (3,7) |
| PETERANDTHEWOLF | A piece for the boy and the animal (5,3,3,4) |
| ROSENTHAL | Jack ____ wrote TV scripts for The Lovers, Bar Mitzvah Boy, and The Knowledge |
| PAGEANT | The errand boy and the insect make an elaborate display (7) |
| THOMASMOORE | Irish poet who wrote lyrics for The Minstrel Boy and The Last Rose of Summer |
| PAGETURNER | 'The Errand-boy and the Artist', an exciting book (4-6) |
| ROLLESTON | NZ actor known for the films Boy and The Dark Horse, James - (9) |
| KATIEHOLMES | US actress who starred in the TV series Dawson's Creek, and whose movies include Logan Lucky, Batman Begins, Wonder Boys and The Gift (5,6) |
