| ZETAJONES | Mariette in The Darling Buds Of May, Catherine _ (4-5) |
| ZETA | Actress who rose to fame in The Darling Buds Of May, Catherine ___-Jones (4) |
| TOOWOOMBA | City in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, nicknamed 'The Garden City' |
| PRIMROSE | First name of one of the Larkin sisters in The Darling Buds of May; a pale yellow colour; or, a woodland flower (8) |
| FERRIS | Actress in The Darling Buds of May, Rosemary & Thyme and Call the Midwife as well as Matilda, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Tolkien (6) |
| MARIETTE | First name of the Larkin played by Catherine Zeta-Jones in The Darling Buds of May (8) |
| LARKIN | Surname of the main family in The Darling Buds of May (6) |
| POPLARKIN | David Jason's character in TV series The Darling Buds of May |
| POPLAR | Man in "The Darling Buds of May" with no family 8 (6) |
| BATES | Squadron-leader-turned-novelist who follows the rural adventures of Ma and Pop Larkin and their progeny, including Mariette, Petunia, Primrose and Zinnia, in his comedy of country manners The Darling |
| OAST | - house; building in which hops are traditionally dried, such as the one in the opening credits of The Darling Buds of May television series (4) |
| CHARLTON | Surname of the fictional tax inspector, Cedric, in H E Bates's novella The Darling Buds of May (8) |
| ZINNIA | Twin sister of Petunia Larkin in H.E. Bates' The Darling Buds of May (6) |
| HEBATES | English author of novels including Love for Lydia (1952) and The Darling Buds of May (1958) (1,1,5) |
| IAMB | One-fifth of "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May" |
| HARTLEY | Mariette of "Goodnight, Beantown" |
| NANA | Pet in the Darling household |
| AIDA | Opera by Giuseppe Verdi based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette |
| LARKINS | Touring Sri Lanka shortly with Pop, Ma, Mariette and family (7) |
| JASON | see 7ac, English actor whose TV series include Only Fools and Horses, The Darling Buds of May and A Touch of Frost |
