| WILLIAMSON | Noted for his descriptions of nature, the countryside and of the First World War, author of the A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight series and Tarka the Otter (10) |
| GREENMAN | Carved image of a foliated face as a potent symbol of the vital force of nature, the cycle of life, death and rebirth and the connection between humanity and the natural world (5,3) |
| PAUL | Royal Australian Air Force pilot in the Second World War; author of volumes The Dam Busters and The Great Escape (4,9) |
| BRICKHILL | Royal Australian Air Force pilot in the Second World War; author of volumes The Dam Busters and The Great Escape (4,9) |
| ADLER | Alfred ___, Austrian psychiatrist noted for his descriptions of overcompensation and inferiority feelings |
| OVID | Roman known for his descriptions of transformations |
| MAN | Mother Nature - the first person in the workforce (3) |
| STOWE | Civil War writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin, fame? |
| STEVENS | Author of the A Murder Most Unladylike collection for children including Arsenic For Tea, Jolly Foul Play and Cream Buns and Crime (7) |
| GIBBON | Lewis Grassic -; Scottish author of the A Scots Quair trilogy comprising Sunset Song, Cloud Howe and Grey Granite (6) |
| HORNUNG | E.W. --, author of the A.J. Raffles series of stories (7) |
| OWLISH | Possibly low, his description of a night flier |
| BARNOWL | Inhabiting open countryside and farmland, a protected species of "indicator" bird of prey with a heartshaped face and buff/white plumage (4,3) |
| VERDUN | City in the Meuse department of northeastern France, site of the longest and largest battle of the First World War (6) |
| GENERALHAIG | Ronald Reagan's first Secretary of State or the commander of the British Expeditionary Force during much of the First World War |
| CLARE | Poet noted for descriptions of English rural life in works such as The Shepherd's Calendar, Summer Images, Farm Breakfast, The Badger and The Yellowhammer's Nest (5) |
| CHRONICLE | Sonnet 106: When in the ___ of wasted time / I see descriptions of the fairest wights / And beauty making beautiful old rhyme / In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights |
| FERDINAND | Archduke of Austria, whose assassination in 1914 led to the start of the First World War (5,9)27:D::Smokeless explosive material used for propelling bullets and shells (7) |
| YPRES | Nicknamed "Wipers" by British troops, Belgian town that was the site of three battles of the First World War including one during the Race to the Sea (5) |
| DOUGHBOYS | Regional name for flour-based dumplings that bob or float atop soups or stews; or, a nickname for the US soldiers of the First World War (9) |
