| WULBUR | Pig protagonist of the 1952 children's novel Charlotte's Web by US author E. B. White (6) |
| NORTON | Author of the 1952 children's book The Borrowers, Mary _ (6) |
| CHARLOTTESWEB | Children's novel by American author E B White featuring a pig named Wilbur |
| WHITE | E.B. ---, American writer whose works included the children's novel Charlotte's Web (5) |
| PENELOPE | Author of the 1969 children's novel Charlotte Sometimes, _ Farmer (8) |
| WEB | E.B. White novel, Charlotte's ... (3) |
| INTRIGUE | A tangled web by means of a clandestine love affair, private scheme or underhand plot; or, beguilement (8) |
| NEWBORNBABY | Bran, on the web, by no means suitable for tiny infant (7,4) |
| SPUN | Made a web by taking amaretto out of portmanteaus (4) |
| THROPP | Titular protagonist of the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by US author Gregory Maguire (7,6) |
| BUMPPO | Hero of the five novels of the Leatherstocking Tales by US author James Fenimore Cooper, published between 1823 and 1841 (5,6) |
| SHORTY | 1990 novel by US author Elmore Leonard followed by the sequel Be Cool in 1999 (6) |
| PSYCHO | 1959 horror novel by US author Robert Bloch set in the fictional California town of Fairvale (6) |
| GLINDA | 'Good Witch of the South' in the Oz novels by US author L. Frank Baum (6) |
| AGATHA | Author of the 1952 play The Mouse Trap, _ Christie (6) |
| PIERRE | 1852 novel by US author Herman Melville subtitled or, The Ambiguities (6) |
| LETTER | The Scarlet, historical novel by US writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1850 (6) |
| NESBIT | "The Railway Children" author E. ___ |
| NATIVE | ___ Son, 1940 novel written by US author Richard Wright (6) |
| ONEDAY | Novel by Us author David Nicholls, made into a film starring Anne Hathaway (3,3) |
