| BFG | One of Roald Dahl's titular monsters, who prefers to dine on vegetables rather than children (3) |
| STRIPE | Leader of the titular monsters in the 1984 comedy horror film Gremlins (6) |
| GIANT | Like Roald Dahl's titular peach |
| ENORMOUS | The - Crocodile; one of Roald Dahl's books illustrated by Quentin Blake (8) |
| ESIO | - Trot, one of Roald Dahl's books illustrated by Quentin Blake (4) |
| GORGON | Any of three Greek monsters who had snakes for hair (6) |
| GORGONS | In Greek mythology, three winged female monsters who had live snakes for hair (7) |
| SCYLLA | ____ and Charybdis, two monsters who beset the strait crossed by Greek hero Odysseus (6) |
| DOE | Last name for someone who prefers to remain anonymous |
| NIGHTOWL | One who prefers to stay up late close to wide lake (5,3) |
| HORTENSIA | Prank-pulling older girl who inspires the titular heroine of Roald Dahl's Matilda (1988) (9) |
| LONER | One who prefers to be independent of others as by living or working alone |
| WILDER | Actor who played Willy Wonka in a film adaptation of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (6) |
| QUENTIN | _ Blake, artist who illustrated a number of Roald Dahl's books (7) |
| QUENTINBLAKE | Artist and writer who illustrated many of Roald Dahl's books (7,5) |
| ROYALJELLY | This queen bee food or the title of Roald Dahl's creepy tale about the consquences of eating it (5,5 |
| BLAKE | Illustrator of Roald Dahl's books including The BFG, The Twits and George's Marvellous Medicine, and the first two children's novels by David Walliams (5) |
| GREATKEI | Greek to dine on uneven keel in Eastern Cape river (5,3) |
| FANTASTIC | Title of Roald Dahl's 1970 story about an enterprising animal under siege by farmers' Boggis, Bunce |
| NATURIST | One who prefers to go naked (8) |
