| IVORNOVELLO | Welsh actor and composer of Keep the Home Fires Burning (4,7) |
| IVOR | - Novello, writer of Keep the Home Fires Burning |
| ORWELL | George -. author of Keep the Aspidistra Flying (6) |
| NOVELLO | Ivor ---, Welsh composer, singer and actor whose songs include Keep The Home Fires Burning (7) |
| TILLTHEBOYSCOMEHOME | Original name for the Ivor Novello song republished as Keep the Home-Fires Burning |
| CHIMNEYSWEEP | One to keep the home fires burning? (7,5) |
| HEARTH | Where to keep the home fires burning |
| GASLOG | It'll keep the home fires burning |
| STOKE | Here's how they'd keep the home fires burning in Staffordshire! (5) |
| STOKER | Dracula creator Bram (or anyone who keeps the home fires burning) |
| LOG | It keeps the home fires burning |
| DESPERATELY | Some French work to trap traitor in middle of keep, urgently (11) |
| KEEP | ___ the home fires burning |
| NOELCOWARD | English dramatist, actor and composer whose works include Hay Fever and Blithe Spirit (4,6) |
| NOEL | And 1ac English dramatist,actor and composer known for his witty comedies (4,6) |
| EMLYNWILLIAMS | Welsh actor and dramatist whose stage plays include Night Must Fall and The Corn Is Green |
| WILLIAMS | Welsh actor and dramatist whose stage plays include Night Must Fall and The Corn ls Green (5,8) |
| EMLYN | Welsh actor and dramatist whose stage plays include Night Must Fall and The Corn ls Green (5,8) |
| RAYMILLAND | Welsh actor and director, born Alfred Reginald Jones, who won a Best Actor Oscar for The Lost Weekend |
| SPIRITLEVELS | They keep the House straight initially with whiskey and a number of stories (6,6) |
