| BLACKBERRY | Name of one of the rabbits in Watership Down by Richard Adams; or, a brand of smartphone (10) |
| CAMPION | Captain , one of the rabbits in Watership Down by Richard Adams (7) |
| SPEEDWELL | Wild flower also called Veronica; or, one of the rabbits in Watership Down (9) |
| HAZEL | Rabbit protagonist of the 1972 novel Watership Down by English author Richard Adams (5) |
| DANDELION | Perennial wild flower or weed in the daisy family with a spherical seed head known as a clock; or, one of the buck rabbits in Watership Down (9) |
| CHIEFRABBI | Perhaps Hazel in Watership Down has no time for religious Bigwig (5,5) |
| WHATSUPDOC | 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit; this is Bugs Bunny's signature phrase |
| HURT | Actor who was the voice of Hazel in Watership Down and of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings (both instances of which being 1978 animated films) (4) |
| VOLKSWAGEN | This automaker produced the Rabbit in 1975-84 and 2006-09 |
| DYLAN | English name of the rabbit in The Magic Roundabout called Flappy in the French version (5) |
| JOHNUPDIKE | Author of the Rabbit series who wrote the 1988 novel "S.": 2 wds. |
| RICHARDADAMS | Writer who created Fiver Hazel and their fellow rabbits in Watership Down: 2 wds. |
| BIGWIG | A rabbit in Watership Down whose Lapine name was Thlayli (6) |
| FIVER | Rabbit in Watership Down (5) |
| LAPINE | Fictional language of rabbits, created by Richard Adams for his novel Watership Down (6) |
| WATERSHIPDOWN | Hill in northern Hampshire which is the title of a 1972 novel by Richard Adams (9,4) |
| PETER | First name of the rabbit in box F (5) |
| THUMPER | Name of the rabbit in Walt Disney's Bambi (7) |
| MATTBERRY | Star of Toast Of London, What We Do In The Shadows and Year Of The Rabbit (4,5) |
| THRUTCH | Local's to squeeze top of the rabbit's head in its enclosure |
