| BOYFRIEND | Novel by Enid for sweetheart (9) |
| THEFAMOUS | And 3 Series of children's novels by Enid Blyton featuring the characters Dick, Anne, Julian and George (3,6,4) |
| VELVET | 1935 novel by Enid Bagnold (8,6) |
| NATIONALVELVET | 1935 novel by Enid Bagnold |
| NATIONAL | 1935 novel by Enid Bagnold |
| VALENTINE | Batman in East, bearing note for sweetheart (9) |
| INAMORATO | Presently, sleazeball has love for sweetheart (9) |
| TENDERISE | Offer is for sweetheart to break down tissue (9) |
| EMOLLIENT | Saves someone's skin for sweetheart with gangster's mate? That's the good books! (9) |
| MALORYTOWERS | Series of novels by Enid Blyton (6,6) |
| FAMOUSFIVE | Series of children's novels by Enid Blyton (6,4) |
| ISLAND | The.... of Adventure; first in a series of mystery novels by Enid Blyton (6) |
| MALORY | - Towers; series of six novels by Enid Blyton set in a Cornish boarding school (6) |
| TREE | Series of children's novels by Enid Blyton, The Faraway _ (4) |
| THEFAMOUSFIVE | Series of children's novels by Enid Blyton featuring the characters Dick, Anne, Julian and George |
| NAUGHTIESTGIRL | Elizabeth Allen is “The ____” in a series of four novels by Enid Blyton |
| STCLARES | Series of books for children, six written by Enid Blyton and three by Pamela Cox (2,6) |
| MUSE | Must drop temperature for sweetheart for creative inspiration (4) |
| POPPET | Pages penned by writer in verse for sweetheart (6) |
| ENAMEL | Nail polish for sweetheart, old sweetheart in retirement (6) |