| HAMELIN | Medieval legend of rats appearing and children disappearing, The Pied Piper Of ... |
| WESER | The river in which the rats were drowned by the Pied Piper of Hamelin (5) |
| GREENAWAY | Victorian watercolourist noted for her pastel-hued illustrations in "toy books" including Language of Flowers, Marigold Garden, Mother Goose, Under the Window and Browning's The Pied Piper of Hamelin |
| MOUSER | What could describe the trade of the Pied Piper of Hamelin (6) |
| BROWNING | Writer of the 1842 poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin (8) |
| ROBERT | And 28. Poet famous for The Pied Piper Of Hamelin, etc (6,8) |
| RATS | Followers of the Pied Piper of Hamelin |
| RAT | The Pied Piper of Hamelin, e.g. |
| HOLYGRAIL | According to one set of medieval legends, what was brought by angels, guarded on the top of a mountain by a group of pure knights and would vanish if approached by anyone impure? (4,5) |
| ISOLDE | (medieval legend) Irish princess daughter of the King of Britanny married to Tristram |
| PANDAROS | In medieval legend, the procurer of Cressida on behalf of Troilus (8) |
| DURRELL | Lawrence, author of the 1935 novel Pied Piper Of Lovers (7) |
| GRAIL | Holy _, (in medieval legend) the bowl used by Jesus at the Last Supper (5) |
| HOLY | In medieval legend, the bowl used by Jesus at the Last Supper (4) |
| ASTRONOMYMAJOR | University attendee's selection for learning about the physical universe formed by an anagram of "rats" + an anagram of "moony" + the counterpart of "minor": 2 wds. |
| PIEDPIPER | In German legend he rid the town of Hamelin of rats (4,5) |
| DARKSPOT | Appearing and disappearing feature on Jupiter |
| BAN | To legally prohibit from doing, using, appearing and happening |
| EVELYN | Writer - left diary, finally appearing, and still around |
| POPEJOAN | Pontiff and scholar who, according to medieval legend, gave birth during a procession |
