| CANDLE | Novel by John Barnes (6) |
| WORLDINMOTION | Song featuring a John Barnes rap (cryptically suggesting letter groups in 20, 31 and 41) (5,2,6) |
| SLAVERED | John Barnes finally up front - English Liverpool player dribbled (8) |
| SLAVERING | English call on John Barnes, ultimately to lead dribbling (9) |
| PARROT | and 21ac, 1984 novel by Julian Barnes (9,6) |
| ENDING | 2011 novel by Julian Barnes, The Sense Of An _ (6) |
| RULING | 'The --', 1968 play by Peter Barnes (6,5) |
| PAMELA | __ Ewing, wife of John Ross and daughter of villain Cliff Barnes in Dallas (6) |
| WALLIS | Barnes _; bouncing bomb inventor (6) |
| HAYDEN | Plays Nashville's Juliette Barnes, ------ Panettiere (6) |
| CHISEL | Cold ---, Jimmy Barnes' band (6) |
| ANGELA | ___ Barnes, comedian and regular on Mock the Week (6) |
| DOTCOM | Book bought by Barnes & Noble |
| STREET | Barnes cattery transformed into London tourist attraction (7,6) |
| DORSET | Birth county of William Barnes and Thomas Hardy that inspired authors including Enid Blyton and Ian McEwan (6) |
| OROSAY | Hebridean island on which Julian Barnes drew his Marriage Lines? (6) |
| LAWYER | Non-rugby job of Wayne Barnes, Conrad Smith and Nick Farr-Jones (6) |
| DALLAS | US soap opera featuring the characters JR Ewing and Cliff Barnes (6) |
| BROOKE | Played Grace Barnes in Wonderland (------ Satchwell) |
| READER | Barnes & Noble patron |
