| TIGGYWINKLE | The Tale Of Mrs. ___ , book by Beatrix Potter about a hedgehog washerwoman (5-6) |
| TOAD | Mr. Jackson in Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse," e.g. |
| MRSTIGGYWINKLE | Hedgehog washerwoman in a Beatrix Potter book (3,5-6) |
| SHAMELA | "An apology for the life of Mrs ___", Henry Fielding novel parodying the Samuel Richardson work Pamela (7,7) |
| ADAGE | An old wive's tale of Mrs Ada Gerathy? (5) |
| BASIL | "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. ___ E. Frankweiler" |
| PETERRABBIT | The main character, who wears a blue jacket, in a series of children's books by Beatrix Potter (5,6) |
| FLOPSY | 'The Tale of the -- Bunnies', a children's book by Beatrix Potter (6) |
| FOOTER | A walker; a Scots word for a fiddle or potter about; an informal name for soccer; a kick of the ball in said game; or, type/text at the bottom of a page, in contrast to the header, at the top (6) |
| JEMIMA | The Tale Of ___ Puddle-Duck, book by Beatrix Potter (6) |
| PIGLING | The Tale Of_ Bland, 1913 children's book by Beatrix Potter (7) |
| GLOUCESTER | The Tailor of -; one of the books by Beatrix Potter (10) |
| NUTKIN | Squirrel ____, subject of a children's book by Beatrix Potter (6) |
| SPINE | Heartwood of a tree; a quill of a hedgehog; a bound edge of a book; a series of vertebrae; or, courage (5) |
| INSECTIVORE | Animal such as a hedgehog or shrew |
| REDFOX | An animal with a brush for a tail, depicted in the Reynard cycle, several of Aesop's fables, a tale by Beatrix Potter and a story by Roald Dahl (3,3) |
| KITTEN | 1907 children's book by Beatrix Potter (3,4,2,3,6) |
| QUILL | A piece of penne pasta; a roll of cinnamon bark; a goose feather as a pen; or, a prickle of a hedgehog (5) |
| ROLYPOLY | The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or the - - Pudding; one of the books written by Beatrix Potter (4-4) |
| THETALEOFTOMKITTEN | 1907 children's book by Beatrix Potter |
