| SEJANUS | _ His Fall, a 1603 play by Ben Jonson (7) |
| EMBRACE | Old Charlie from Creacombe was badly shaken after his fall, so I went round to give him a big hug (7) |
| KINGKONG | Biggest ape to have made much of his fall on screen... (4,4) |
| INPIECES | Like Humpty Dumpty after his fall |
| VOLPONE | 1606 play by Ben Jonson (7) |
| EPICENE | Comedy by Ben Jonson subtitled The Silent Woman (7) |
| ALCHEMIST | The ___ , a play by Ben Jonson (1610) (9) |
| THEALCHEMIST | Novel by Paulo Coelho; play by Ben Jonson (3,9) |
| PLUNDER | 1928 stage play by Ben Travers (7) |
| ROOKERY | '-- Nook', play by Ben Travers (7) |
| EARDROP | Listener let fall a pendant (7) |
| STUMBLE | Fall: a snowfall (7) |
| NIAGARA | _ Falls. a group of three waterfalls that spans the border between Ontario and New York (7) |
| NEWYEAR | Event that falls a week after Christmas (3,4) |
| ORTOLAN | Bird returning in autumn, a lot roosting |
| TOCELIA | Ben Jonson poem which begins "Drink to me only with thine eyes" |
| DRINKTOMEONLY | Love song, words by Ben Jonson (5,2,2,4,4,5,4) |
| DEVILISAN | The ?, 1616 stage comedy by Ben Jonson (5,2,2,3) |
| OFAVON | The name given by Ben Jonson to Shakespeare (4,2,4) |
| SWAN | The name given by Ben Jonson to Shakespeare (4,2,4) |
