| YATES | Richard who wrote "Eleven Kinds of Loneliness" |
| LEONCAVALLO | Fellow wants the whole Ring after Cav and Pag, he wrote (11) |
| PRYOR | Comedian Richard who wrote "What I'm saying might be profane, but it's also profound" |
| PLANT | 10 down's singer (surname) who co-wrote 11 across and 19 down (5) |
| RADCLYFFEHALL | Author of The Well of Loneliness (1928) |
| SOWE | "The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, ___ get married"--Cyril Connolly |
| SOLITUDE | Lois composed duet out of loneliness |
| NEST | Empty-___ syndrome (feeling of loneliness when the kids move out) |
| AVOID | Escape from a feeling of loneliness (5) |
| NILE | Essence of loneliness rising in long-distance runner (4) |
| PANG | Sudden sharp feeling, as of loneliness, physical pain, or hunger (4) |
| PANGS | Sudden brief sharp feelings, as of loneliness, pain or hunger (5) |
| HOARE | "Henry the Magnificent" who laid out the gardens at Stourhead; or, his grandson, Richard, who acquired The Adoration of the Magi for said Wiltshire house in 1790 (5) |
| CARPENTER | Surname of sister and brother Karen and Richard, who had a string of hits in the 1970s (9) |
| KIEL | Richard who played "Jaws" in The Spy Who Loved Me |
| HATCH | Richard who won season one of "Survivor" |
| LATER | *Richard who directed School of Rock |
| MOLLS | Family of Richard who played Bull on "Night Court" |
| PRINCES | - in the Tower; Edward V and his brother Richard who disappeared aged 12 and 9 respectively after the death of their father Edward IV in 1483 (7) |
| LOUISE | - - - Hibbard, wife of former Lions hooker Richard who runs the Hideout Cafe in Aberavon (6) |
