| CROMPTON | Richmal ---, author of the Just William series of tales |
| DANN | Author who wrote a series of tales about a group of animals from Farthing Wood and their plight to reach the sanctuary of White Deer Park (4) |
| RICHMAL | - Crompton, author of the 'Just William' series of stories (7) |
| RICHMALCROMPTON | English author who created the Just William series of books (7,8) |
| BOTT | Violet Elizabeth ?, character in the Just William stories by Richmal Crompton |
| RUDYARD | First name of the author of the 'Just So Stories' (7) |
| OUTLAWS | Bandits, brigands, fugitives or highwaymen; or, the band of friends, Douglas, Ginger, Henry, Jumble and William, in the Just William books (7) |
| LIMBO | The supposed abode of the souls of unbaptized infants and of the just who died before Christ |
| DRUG | Subject of the "Just Say No" program |
| VIOLET | Shade of a colour associated with royalty; or, the first part of the name of Mr and Mrs Bott's daughter in Just William (6) |
| WILLIAM | Just -; series of books for children by English author Richmal Crompton (7) |
| JUSTWILLIAM | A series of children's books by English author Richmal Crompton (4,7) |
| CASIMIR | Three rulers of Poland; the Restorer (11th century), the Just (12th century), and the Great (1333-70) (7) |
| JUST | Series of 38 children's books by English author Richmal Crompton published between 1922 and 1970 (4,7) |
| BROWN | William ?, schoolboy hero of 39 novels by Richmal Crompton |
| ETHEL | William's sister in the Richmal Crompton books (5) |
| JUMBLE | Tudor knot biscuit; second-hand items collected for a type of sale; or, William's dog in Just William (6) |
| HORROR | Genre for the just-released Octavia Spencer movie "Ma" -- which provides the initials of this puzzle's four theme entries |
| ONIAS | Son of Simon the Just |
| TELLOFF | Scold Just William for being patriotic (4,3) |
