| MAYFLOWERS | They have "darling buds" |
| SWEETHEART | What chocolate might have, darling (10) |
| MAY | The Darling Buds of - (H. E. Bates) |
| POPLARKIN | The Darling Buds of May patriarch * (3,6) |
| LARKIN | Family in The Darling Buds ofMay(6) |
| BATES | Author of The Darling Buds Of May, HE ... |
| POPLAR | Man in "The Darling Buds of May" with no family 8 (6) |
| OAST | - house; building in which hops are traditionally dried, such as the one in the opening credits of The Darling Buds of May television series (4) |
| PRIMROSE | First name of one of the Larkin sisters in The Darling Buds of May; a pale yellow colour; or, a woodland flower (8) |
| IAMB | One-fifth of "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May" |
| OFMAY | HE Bates created the endearing Larkin family in his 1958 novel, The Darling Buds ... (2,3) |
| PAM | Rosemary & Thyme and The Darling Buds of May actress, --- Ferris (3) |
| ZETA | This actress got her start in The Darling Buds of May (Catherine ---- Jones) |
| FERRIS | Actress in The Darling Buds of May, Rosemary & Thyme and Call The Midwife (6) |
| ZETAJONES | Welsh actress married to Michael Douglas who starred as Mariette in the television adaptation of H. E. Bates' novel The Darling Buds of May (4-5) |
| JASON | see 7ac, English actor whose TV series include Only Fools and Horses, The Darling Buds of May and A Touch of Frost |
| MAYA | Presenter has time for darling buds and articles about fruit conserve (4,4) |
| JAMA | Presenter has time for darling buds and articles about fruit conserve (4,4) |
| HEBATES | English author of novels including Love for Lydia (1952) and The Darling Buds of May (1958) (1,1,5) |
| CHARLTON | Surname of the fictional tax inspector, Cedric, in H E Bates's novella The Darling Buds of May (8) |
