| ANNEOFGREEN | LM Montgomery wrote this popular book for girls, ... Gables (4,2,5) |
| ISLANDHYMN | "The ___ ___": Anne of Green Gables author Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote the lyrics for this song about her home province |
| JILL | Series of pony books for girls by Yorkshire-born author Ruby Ferguson (4) |
| MISSAL | Religious book for girl, a novice |
| ANNESHIRLEY | Fictional heroine created by LM Montgomery (4,7) |
| NESSUNDORMA | Foreign name sounds about right for this popular aria |
| BLOCKBUSTER | Stop brutes altering commercially popular book, say (11) |
| THEGOONSHOW | Moriarty, Neddie Seagoon and Major Bloodnok featured in this popular 1950s British radio comedy seri |
| BESTSELLING | Like a very popular book |
| IMPRESSIONS | Popular books may go through several of these opinions |
| BESTSELLERS | Pick of a Goon in most popular books (4,7) |
| ANNE | _ Of Green Gables, 1908 novel by LM Montgomery (4) |
| GREEN | Anne of ___ Gables, LM Montgomery children's novel (5) |
| OFGREEN | LM Montgomery told the story of Anne ... Gables (2,5) |
| SKA | Prince Buster is well known for this popular Jamaican music that preceded Reggae |
| BESTSELLER | Be road trader for popular book (10) |
| INRESERVE | Popular book kept for later (2,7) |
| SCOTSPINE | Glaswegians, say, yearn... for this popular Christmas tree that keeps its needles! (5,4) |
| LETTUCE | Raise this popular salad crop in pots for early pickings (7) |
| BINGO | Old crooner Crosby got nothing for this popular numbers game (5) |