| DEMELZA | Main heroine of the Poldark novels and BBC series |
| GRAHAM | Author of the Poldark novels set in Cornwall including The Black Moon, The Four Swans, The Miller's Dance and The Loving Cup (6) |
| WINSTONGRAHAM | Author of the Poldark novels (7,6) |
| ASYOULIKEIT | Pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare mostly set in the Forest of Arden with characters like Rosalind and Celia as main heroines: 4 wds. |
| CORNWALL | In which English county are the Poldark novels set? (8) |
| STARK | In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels and television adaptation Game of Thrones, the house with a coat of arms bearing a depiction of a dire wolf (5) |
| SUSAN | First name of the author of The Dark Is Rising novels and the picture book The Shortest Day (5) |
| JAMES | Author of the Adam Dalgliesh novels and unrelated short stories including The Mistletoe Murder and The Twelve Clues of Christmas (5) |
| SCOTT | Failsworth's Jonathan and Tom ___, who perform as The ___ Brothers Duo; Tom, is a virtuoso pianist, and Jonathan plays organ with the Halle and BBC Philharmonic (5) |
| ALANYENTOB | Former Controller of BBC Two and BBC One who presents the arts series Imagine |
| MRMIDDLETON | Popular name of the gardener and BBC presenter closely associated with the Dig for Victory campaign during the Second World War |
| HOLMES | Surname of a fictional detective who features in four novels and 56 short stories including A Study in Scarlet and The Hound of the Baskervilles (6) |
| STAVRO | Middle name of the fictional supervillain Blofeld in the James Bond series of novels and films |
| FLEMING | Ian -; author of the James Bond series of novels and the children's book Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (7) |
| LECARRE | John - -; pen name of the author of the George Smiley novels and the posthumously published Silverview (2,5) |
| HARDY | Author of the Wessex novels and the Christmas poem The Oxen (5) |
| ALANPLATER | Dramatist; author of ITV's The Beiderbecke Trilogy and BBC TV series Trinity Tales |
| THEFORUM | Home of the Norfolk & Norwich Millennium library and BBC East |
| AIDAN | He's A1 with wee Daniel and actor Turner the Poldark star (5) |
| CHARTERIS | Leslie ---, author of a series of novels and short stories about Simon Templar, The Saint (9) |
