| BOTT | Violet Elizabeth ?, character in the Just William stories by Richmal Crompton |
| RASSENDYLL | Rudolf ?, character in the Anthony Hope novel The Prisoner of Zenda |
| UPON | A group on foot? Characters in the middle are mounted |
| BENNET | Elizabeth, character in Pride and Prejudice (6) |
| WILLIAM | Who is the perpetual schoolboy in stories by Richmal Crompton? (7) |
| JUMBLE | Caraway-flavoured Tudor biscuit; William's dog in stories by Richmal Crompton; or, miscellaneous, secondhand articles, donated for sale (6) |
| RICHMAL | --- Crompton, author of the Just William stories |
| RICHMALCROMPTON | Author of the Just William stories |
| CROMPTON | Author of the Just William stories (8) |
| OUTLAWS | Bandits, brigands, fugitives or highwaymen; or, the band of friends, Douglas, Ginger, Henry, Jumble and William, in the Just William books (7) |
| JUST | First book of a series by Richmal Crompton published in 1922 (4,7) |
| BROWN | William ?, schoolboy hero of 39 novels by Richmal Crompton |
| JUSTWILLIAM | 1922 children's book by Richmal Crompton (4,7) |
| BLIZZARD | Poet entertains Elizabeth, character following the rest, in snowy storm (8) |
| ETHEL | William's sister in the Richmal Crompton books (5) |
| CRUN | Henry ?, character in BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show voiced by Peter Sellers (4) |
| PETULENGRO | Jasper ?, character in novels by George Borrow including The Romany Rye and Lavengro (10) |
| DEWY | Dick ?, character in 1872 Thomas Hardy novel Under the Greenwood Tree in love with Fancy Day |
| VERISOPHT | Lord Frederick ?, character in Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby killed by Sir Mulberry Hawk in a duel |
| AGUECHEEK | Sir Andrew ?, character in William Shakespeare play Twelfth Night (9) |
