| HANNAY | Richard ___, hero of The Thirty-Nine Steps (6) |
| HANN | Richard ___ (hero of "The 39 Steps") |
| BUCHAN | Surname of the author of 'The Thirty-Nine Steps' (6) |
| JOHNBUCHAN | Author of The Thirty-Nine Steps (4,6) |
| ELG | Taina of "The Thirty-Nine Steps" |
| POWELL | Robert, The Thirty Nine Steps actor (6) |
| ALBUCA | Genus of plants in the family Hyacinthaceae, most of the 30 species of which are native to Southern Africa |
| LEAMAS | Alec ___, hero of le Carre's The Spy who Came in from the Cold (6) |
| DARNAY | Charles ___, hero of "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| DENT | Arthur ___ (hero of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) |
| TEMPEST | Troy ___, hero of the 1960s puppet series Stingray (7) |
| NEST | Gang of spies in The Thirty Nine Steps (4) |
| RHUMB | Any one of the thirty-two cardinal points of the compass (5) |
| GREENMANTLE | Richard Hannay novel (1916) from John Buchan, sequel to The Thirty-Nine Steps (11) |
| RICHARDHANNAY | Itinerant ranch hand stuck in shaft with leading investigator in The Thirty-Nine Steps (7,6) |
| BULLIVANT | Sir Walter --, character in John Buchan's novel 'The Thirty-Nine Steps' (9) |
| WELCH | Ed ?, musical collaborator with Spike Milligan whose film scores include 1978 film drama The Thirty Nine Steps |
| APR | One of the thirty day months, briefly |
| ACCORDION | One of the 30 put one on the instrument (9) |
| CORCOVADO | Mountain or peak in Rio de Janeiro, site of the 30 metre-high statue known as Christ the Redeemer (9) |
