| NARAYAN | R K -, author of novels The Guide and The Painter of Signs (7) |
| ROWLING | J K -, author of the Harry Potter heptalogy of novels (7) |
| RAWLING | J.K. ---, author of 2018 novel Lethal White under pseudonym Robert Galbraith (7) |
| COURBET | French artist noted for A Burial At Ornans and The Painter's Studio (7) |
| VERMEER | Painter of sign for hospital wards on either side of me (7) |
| BROWNIE | Rich square of chocolate cake; a hoblike being houseworking in secret at night in exchange for food; or, a member of the junior branch of the Guides Association (7) |
| TREFOIL | Symbol of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) (7) |
| KRISTEN | The Guide in What We Do In The Shadows (7,6) |
| COURIER | Person employed to guide and assist a group of tourists (7) |
| GENERIC | Leader of guides and peaceful girl turning a hundred in a class of their own (7) |
| RANGERS | Members of the senior branch of the Guides |
| COMPASS | Course guide and firm criticism ultimately leading to success for student (7) |
| DICK | Philip K -, author of science fiction novels The Man in the High Castle and The Game-players of Titan (4) |
| MALGUDI | Fictional village created by R. K. Narayan |
| RODRING | One of the guides through which a line passes (3,4) |
| PENGUIN | Half the guides in Pennsylvania can't fly! (7) |
| SHERPAS | People from a mountainous region of Nepal, widely used as guides and porters for Himalayan climbing expeditions (7) |
| DERANGE | Craze brings guide and ranger together, to some extent |
| DIRECTS | Guides and indicts engineers (7) |
| CHESTERTON | G.K., author of The Napoleon of Notting Hill (10) |
