| HANNAY | Richard, hero of John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps (6) |
| STEPS | John Buchan's "The 39 ___" |
| BUCHAN | Surname of the author of 'The Thirty-Nine Steps' (6) |
| LEAMAS | Alec ......, hero of John le Carre's The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (6) |
| ARCHIE | ___ Rice, hero of John Osborne's play The Entertainer (6) |
| POWELL | Robert, The Thirty Nine Steps actor (6) |
| BULLIVANT | Sir Walter --, character in John Buchan's novel 'The Thirty-Nine Steps' (9) |
| THIRTYNINESTEPS | The first of John Buchan's novels to feature Richard Hannay, 'The -' (6-4,5) |
| MANTLE | Under the crust, Buchan's was green (6) |
| STEP | One of John Buchan's thirty-nine? (4) |
| THIRTYNINE | Number of steps in John Buchan's WWI spy thriller (6-4) |
| JOHNBUCHAN | Author of 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps (4,6) |
| GREENMANTLE | Richard Hannay novel (1916) from John Buchan, sequel to The Thirty-Nine Steps (11) |
| PRY | Paul --, meddlesome fellow, hero of John Poole's comedy of the same name (3) |
| ELG | Taina of "The Thirty-Nine Steps" |
| NEST | Gang of spies in The Thirty Nine Steps (4) |
| RICHARDHANNAY | Itinerant ranch hand stuck in shaft with leading investigator in The Thirty-Nine Steps (7,6) |
| TWEEDSMUIR | Baron --, Scottish novelist John Buchan's title (10) |
| WELCH | Ed ?, musical collaborator with Spike Milligan whose film scores include 1978 film drama The Thirty Nine Steps |
| RICHARD | A way to hold up well-to-do girl in long grass for Buchan's hero (7,6) |
