| GUMMIDGE | Worzel --, scarecrow character in a series of books by Barbara Euphan Todd (8) |
| WORZELGUMMIDGE | Scarecrow character featured in books by Barbara Euphan Todd (6,8) |
| WORZEL | Scarecrow character resurrected by Mackenzie Crook (6,8) |
| DOLITTLE | Central character in a series of books by Hugh Lofting, played notably by Rex Harrison in a 1967 film, and by Eddie Murphy in 1998-2001; a musical version of the story is at Blackpool Winter Gardens t |
| BORROWER | Any one of the small people in a series of books by Mary Norton (8) |
| ANGELINA | Ballerina mouse in a series of books by Katharine Holabird (8) |
| DOCTOR | Central character in a series of books by Hugh Lofting, played notably by Rex Harrison in a 1967 film, and by Eddie Murphy in 1998-2001; a musical version of the story is at Blackpool Winter Gardens t |
| SCARECROWS | Depicted in stories by Barbara Euphan Todd, effigies set up in fields to deter birds from crops (10) |
| HOGWARTS | School in the Harry Potter series of books by JK Rowling (8) |
| KATYCARR | Protagonist of a series of books by Susan Coolidge (4,4) |
| REGINALD | -- Perrin, the main character in a series of novels by David Nobbs (8) |
| SCARECROW | Worzel Gummidge is a fictional one created by English novelist Barbara Euphan Todd (9) |
| AUNTSALLY | Character portrayed by Una Stubbs in the television version of Barbara Euphan Todd's Worzel Gummidge books (4,5) |
| SALLY | Aunt -; scarecrow in Barbara Euphan Todd's Worzel Gummidge books named after a traditional game (5) |
| REVERENT | In awe of books by one Paul |
| BIGGLES | Nickname of a fictional pilot in a series of books by W. E. Johns (7) |
| DENVER | Duke of -, title held by Gerald Wimsey in a series of books by Dorothy L Sayers (6) |
| AUNT | - Sally, old English game from which a character in Barbara Euphan Todd's books derives her name (4) |
| SWALLOW | Name of the dinghy sailed by siblings John, Susan, Titty and Roger in a series of books by Arthur Ransome (7) |
| ORLANDO | Name of the Marmalade Cat in a series of books by Kathleen Hale (7) |
