| CERVANTES | Miguel de -, author of the Spanish classic Don Quixote (9) |
| THOMASKYD | Elizabethan dramatist, the author of The Spanish Tragedy (6,3) |
| BODYSNATCHERS | Classic Don Siegel sci-fi horror film from 1956, Invasion of the (4,9) |
| PIE | Classic Don Mclean song (8,3) |
| AMERICAN | Classic Don Mclean song (8,3) |
| ROSINANTE | Horse of Don Quixote in the book of that name by Miguel de Cervantes (9) |
| ROCINANTE | Don Quixote's horse in the story by Miguel de Cervantes (9) |
| BALZAC | Honore de --, author of La Cousine Bette (6) |
| HIDALGO | Lower rank of the Spanish nobility, famously borne by the title character of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605-15) |
| PLAYEDTHELEAD | Dramatic work by writer of The Spanish in Death rubbished - did The Star do it? (6,3,4) |
| QUIXOTE | Don -; novel by Miguel de Cervantes, voted the greatest book of all time by the Nobel Institute (7) |
| SANCHO | Faithful and pragmatic squire to the titular protagonist of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605-15) (6,5) |
| PANZA | Faithful and pragmatic squire to the titular protagonist of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605-15) (6,5) |
| DULCINEA | Mistress of Don Quixote in a 17th-century novel by Miguel de Cervantes (8) |
| NOVEL | Form of literature originating from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (5) |
| DONQUIXOTE | 'Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha' in a novel by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes |
| LAMANCHA | Plateau region of central Spain in which Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote 1605-15 |
| MANOFLAMANCHA | Broadway musical based on the Miguel de Cervantes novel Don Quixote: 4 wds. |
| DON | Spanish classic novel, ... Quixote |
| SANCHOPANZA | Manservant of Don Quixote in a 17th Century novel by Miguel de Cervantes (6,5) |