| FATCONTROLLER | The ___, title of Sir Topham Hatt in the later of The Railway Series of children's books (3,10) |
| PROTEROZOIC | Later of the two divisions of the Precambrian era (11) |
| THOMAS | Name of one of the main characters in The Railway Series of books for children by Wilbert Awdry (6) |
| AWDRY | Clergyman and keen modeller whose interest in trains inspired him to pen the Railway Series of books (5) |
| CHOIRBOYS | The ___, title of a 1975 Jospeh Wamburgh novel about the exploits of a group of LA police officers |
| ARCHES | "Underneath the ___", title of an old song (6) |
| MICHAELGAMBON | Dumbledore in the later Harry Potter films (7,6) |
| SODOR | Fictional island on which the books of The Railway Series by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry are set (5) |
| WELLS | Born in the later part of the Victoria era, he was one of he earliest writers of science fiction. He is best known for The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. |
| CONTROLLER | Sir Topham Hatt, The Fat ---------- on Sodor (10) |
| TOPHAM | Sir ___ Hatt, real name of The Fat Controller in the Thomas The Tank Engine series (6) |
| JAMES | Red Engine in the Railway Series by English author Rev. W. Awdry; titular protagonist of the third book (1948) (5) |
| GATOR | Nickname of the train Gerald in Wilbert Awdrys The Railway Series (5) |
| LAUNCELOTGOBBO | Servant of Shylock and later of Bassanio in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1596- 8) |
| ISLANDS | ___ in the Sky 1952 sci-fi novel by Arthur C. Clarke that is set in the later half of the 21st century |
| HENRIETTA | Toby's four-wheeled GER non-articulated coach in The Railway Series by the Rev Awdry |
| DEARME | What is the title of Sir Peter Ustinov's autobiography published in 1977? (4,2) |
| FOETAL | Of the unborn, in the later stages of pregnancy (6) |
| MOTHERGOOSE | Imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes (6,5) |
| EVENINGPRIMROSE | A tall plant with pale yellow flowers that open in the later part of the day (7,8) |
