| DELLASTREET | Secretary of the fictional lawyer Perry Mason, created by US author Erle Stanley Gardner in 1933 (5,6) |
| MASON | Fictional defense attorney Perry ___, created by US lawyer and author Erle Stanley Gardner (5) |
| PERRYMASON | Fictional attorney created by Erle Stanley Gardner in 1933 |
| CONAN | Fantasy hero of the fictional Hyborian Age created by US author Robert E. Howard in 1932 (5) |
| ZORRO | Heroic alter ego of the fictional Don Diego de la Vega, created by US writer Johnston McCulley in 1919 (5) |
| HAMILTONBURGER | District attorney regularly defeated by author Erle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason (8,6) |
| ERLE | Detective story writer, creator of lawyer Perry Mason (4,7,7) |
| RAYMOND | Played classic lawyer Perry Mason (------- Burr) |
| GARDNER | Perry Mason writer Erle Stanley is one who knows about plots, it's said (7) |
| STAIR | The Winding -; collection of poems by W. B. Yeats, first published in 1933 (5) |
| LURCH | Butler in the 1938-88 comic strip The Addams Family, created by US cartoonist Charles Addams (5) |
| SANDY | Dog owned by Little Orphan Annie in the 1924-2010 comic strip created by US cartoonist Harold Gray (5) |
| OLIVEOYL | Comic-strip character created by US cartoonist E. C. Segar in 1919; originally the girlfriend of Harold Hamgravy (5,3) |
| ARSON | Type of crime committed at the Berlin Reichstag on the night of Feb 27, 1933. (5) |
| MASONMOANSNOMAS | Fictional lawyer Perry cries "I give!" |
| ARIEL | A now controversial statue of prospero and ___ by Eric Gill has adorned the BBC's Broadcasting House since 1933 (5) |
| DREFT | Brand-name detergent launched by Procter & Gamble in 1933 (5) |
| WICCA | Form of witchcraft brought to public attention by Gerald Gardner in the 1950s |
| ANNIE | Daily comic strip created by US cartoonist Harold Gray in 1924, printed until 2010 (5) |
| BOZO | 'The World's Most Famous Clown' ', created by US businessman and creative Alan W. Livingston in 1946 (4) |