| CHOCKY | John Wyndham story about a boy's mysterious imaginary friend (6) |
| ANTIMATTER | A chat about tiny boy's mysterious substance (10) |
| SNARK | A mysterious, imaginary animal coined by Lewis Carroll. |
| PETERNAP | Story about a boy who won't wake up? |
| STORM | Colin Thiele's story about a boy and his pelican, ... Boy |
| JACKANDTHEBEANSTALK | Children's story about a boy who trades his cow on the way to market (4,3,3,9) |
| GENTLE | '60s US series about a boy's friendship with a bear, ... Ben (6) |
| REASON | About a boy's premise (6) |
| DRAGON | Jackie Paper's imaginary friend is one |
| HARVEY | Play with an imaginary friend |
| ALISON | Lurie who wrote "Imaginary Friends" and "Real People" |
| KRAKEN | The ____ Wakes, 1953 novel by John Wyndham about an alien invasion of Earth's oceans (6) |
| LICHEN | 'Trouble with ---', novel by John Wyndham (6) |
| DAMNED | Horror film adaptation of the John Wyndham novel The Midwich Cuckoos, Village of the... (6) |
| THEDAY | 1951 post-apocalyptic novel by John Wyndham (3,3,2,3,8) |
| SMARMY | “In Oppley they’re smart, and in Stouch they’re ____, but Midwich folk are just plain barmy’ (John Wyndham) |
| SHILO | Title imaginary friend in a Neil Diamond hit |
| BINGBONG | Riley's imaginary friend in "Inside Out," voiced by Richard Kind: 2 wds. |
| DROP | Rik Mayall plays an imaginary friend in the cult comedy ___ Dead Fred (4) |
| AMIGO | Looking back, entertained by dog, imaginary friend (5) |
