| BADGERS | Woodland animals living in setts, anthropomorphised in stories by Kenneth Grahame and Colin Dann (7) |
| RACKHAM | Artist noted for illustrations of Grimm's fairy tales and stories by Kenneth Grahame and J. M. Barrie (7) |
| ROEDEER | Use the oars, darling, we hear small woodland animals (3,4) |
| WAIN | Louis ---, English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised cats and kittens (4) |
| DEER | Woodland animals |
| AESOPSFABLES | Primarily allegorical episodes (sometimes offering proverbial suggestions) following anthropomorphised beasts' learning experiences succinctly? (6,6) |
| ANIMALS | The - of Farthing Wood; book by Colin Dann that was adapted into an animated series for children (7) |
| THEWIND | 1908 children's book by Kenneth Grahame (3,4,2,3,7) |
| WILLOWS | Retract articles about osiers written by Kenneth Grahame (3,4,2,3,7) |
| TOTTERS | Animal living in hollow trees moves unsteadily (7) |
| POLECAT | Unpleasant-smelling woodland animal (7) |
| LIONS | Known as the "kings of the jungle", animals living in prides in savannas, grasslands and forests of India and Africa, and the Longleat estate in Wilshire (5) |
| BADGER | Second-in-command of the animals in The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann |
| ADDER | One of the characters in the Animals of Farthing Wood books for children by Colin Dann (5) |
| RATTY | A water vole in The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame |
| FARTHING | - Wood; fictional land in stories by Colin Dann (8) |
| OTTER | Animal living in a holt, depicted in a novel by Henry Williamson (5) |
| TOAD | Dramatisation by A.A. Milne of a 1908 children's book by Kenneth Grahame (4,2,4,4) |
| INTHEWILLOWS | 1908 children's book by Kenneth Grahame (3,4,2,3,7) |
| OFTOADHALL | Dramatisation by AA Milne of a 1908 children's book by Kenneth Grahame (4,2,4,4) |