| STORYBOOK | Volume of tales for children (9) |
| ALAN | Forename of the author of the "Weirdstone" trilogy of Alderley tales for children; or, the cryptanalyst who created the "universal machine" that bears his surname, Turing (4) |
| HILAIRE | French-born English writer noted for the poetry collections The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896) and Cautionary Tales for Children (1907) (7) |
| BELLOC | French-born English writer noted for the poetry collections The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896) and Cautionary Tales for Children (1907) (6) |
| ANDERSEN | Writer of immortal tales for children, Hans Christian ... |
| DETRACTOR | see 16ac, Do they compose spirited tales for other people? (12) |
| ACTUALITY | see 16ac, Do they compose spirited tales for other people? (12) |
| CHAUFFEUR | see 16ac, Do they compose spirited tales for other people? (12) |
| TRACKDOWN | see 16ac, Do they compose spirited tales for other people? (12) |
| AGGREGATE | see 16ac, Do they compose spirited tales for other people? (12) |
| ENUMERATE | see 16ac, Do they compose spirited tales for other people? (12) |
| TERMINATE | see 16ac, Do they compose spirited tales for other people? (12) |
| GREYHOUND | see 16ac, Do they compose spirited tales for other people? (12) |
| SHORTFALL | see 16ac, Do they compose spirited tales for other people? (12) |
| INDECLINE | see 16ac, Do they compose spirited tales for other people? (12) |
| HAPPENING | see 16ac, Do they compose spirited tales for other people? (12) |
| FOLLOWING | see 16ac, Do they compose spirited tales for other people? (12) |
| THEREFORE | see 16ac, Do they compose spirited tales for other people? (12) |
| DEPARTURE | see 16ac, Do they compose spirited tales for other people? (12) |
| PENDOLINO | see 16ac, Do they compose spirited tales for other people? (12) |
