| BRIGGS | Raymond -, author and illustrator whose books include When the Wind Blows and The Snowman (6) |
| POTTER | Author and illustrator whose 1902 book The Tale of Peter Rabbit has been adapted into a 3D animated film (6) |
| KERR | Judith ---, writer and illustrator whose books include The Tiger Who Came To Tea (4) |
| REINER | Rob ___, actor, director and producer whose directing credits include When Harry Met Sally..., The Princess Bride and This Is Spinal Tap |
| CRADLE | It rocks when the wind blows |
| CARVER | Raymond -, author of 1983 short story collection Cathedral (6) |
| KARATE | Japanese martial art using blows and kicks (6) |
| KUNGFU | Oriental martial art using blows and kicks |
| JUDITHKERR | Writer and illustrator whose works include The Tiger Who Came To Tea (6,4) |
| WHISTLER | Painter and illustrator whose notable works include a depiction of Ashcombe House (his friend Cecil Beaton's former home in Wiltshire), a 58ft-long mural in the dining room at Plas Newydd and a mural |
| BLAKE | Quentin, illustrator whose books include Mister Magnolia (5) |
| MUNNINGS | Equestrian/sporting artist who painted HRH The Prince of Wales on Forest Witch, Winter Landscape, When the wind blows cold and December Morning, Cornwall (8) |
| FALLOUT | Environmental result of a nuclear explosion, depicted in When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs (7) |
| ASHCROFT | Actress in A Passage to India who was the voice of Hilda in When the Wind Blows (8) |
| DUNE | A hill created when the wind blows across the desert is a sand ___ |
| CHANDLER | Raymond -; author whose novels including The Big Sleep and The High Window feature private eye Philip Marlowe (8) |
| ROARS | What the fire does when the wind blows (5) |
| GREENAWAY | Children's illustrator whose picture books include Under the Window, Birthday Book and Mother Goose (9) |
| KATE | Children's book illustrator whose works include 1879's Under the Window (4,9) |
| LEEBOARD | Movable plate attached to the hull of a sailing boat, used for steering when the wind is blowing on the opposite side (8) |
