| INKLINGS | Tolkien and C S Lewis were members of this informal literary discussion group in Oxford during the 1930s and 1940s |
| THEINKLINGS | Informal literary discussion group that included C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien (3,8) |
| SCRIBLERUSCLUB | Swift and Pope were members of this informal association of authors |
| SEMINAR | Discussion group in Iran I messed up, partially |
| DONS | J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, at Oxford |
| OXFORD | Alma mater for J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis |
| BOOKCLUB | Literary discussion group (4,4) |
| FORUMS | Discussion groups in favour of announcements made by indecisive people (6) |
| CAUSERIE | Informal literary essay (8) |
| SHADOWLANDS | 1993 film telling the story of the relationship between Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis (11) |
| OWLS | Birds whose collective name is said to have derived from Chaucer's Parlement of Foules and C. S. Lewis's adaptation of the title in The Silver Chair (4) |
| APOSTLES | Some of the 'Cambridge spies' were members of the university's secret society, formed in 1820 (with 12 members), The ___ (8) |
| LASKI | Writer and broadcaster Marghanita and political scientist Harold were members of this Anglo-Jewish family (5) |
| REPTILE | All dinosaurs and archosaurs were members of this vertebrate class, which includes present-day turtles, snakes, lizards, and crocodiles. |
| STEPS | Former Celebrity Big Brother contestants Claire and H were members of this group (5) |
| ITALIANS | Galileo, Dante and Vivaldi were members of this Southern European people, the ... |
| SITWELL | Osbert, Sacheverell and Edith were members of this literary family |
| GENESIS | Phil Collins %26 Peter Gabriel were members of this British rock band |
| LOYAL | Cartoon characters Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble were members of the ... Order of Water Buffaloe |
| MOLLUSCS | Most members of this group of animals live in the sea, but they are also successful on land and in fresh water. (8) |