| LORNA | ___ Doone: an 1869 romantic novel by RD Blackmore, based around Exmoor (5) |
| BLACKMORE | R. D. ___, English author best known for the 1869 romantic novel Lorna Doone (9) |
| LORNADOONE | 1869 novel by RD Blackmore (5,5) |
| LOTHAIR | Romantic novel by Benjamin Disraeli published in 1870 (7) |
| NOTEBOOK | The _, 1996 romantic novel by Nicholas Sparks (8) |
| DOONE | Lorna -; Richard Doddridge Blackmore's novel set in and around Exmoor (5) |
| KHMER | Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia based around northern Cambodia (5) |
| KWELA | Type of popular music in South Africa often based around a penny whistle (5) |
| MILLS | ___ & Boon, publishers of romantic novels (5) |
| CHINA | Country with symbols including the dragon, giant panda and peony and a zodiac based around 12 animals (5) |
| LIVES | Continues stories based around verse (5) |
| SAWIV | 2007 splatter-fest instalment based around the Jigsaw Killer (3,2) |
| ZUMBA | Popular fitness class based around dance |
| CARVERDOONE | Outlawed villain in an RD Blackmore novel of 1869 (6,5) |
| RIDD | John, character in the RD Blackmore novel Lorna Doone (4) |
| BABBALLADS | "The ... ..." is an 1869 volume of verse by WS Gilbert (3,7) |
| SELWORTHY | Show Tyler around Exmoor Beacon (9) |
| BLOODBROTHERS | 1983 musical by Willy Russell based around fraternal twins Mickey and Eddie (5,8) |
| THEANTIQUARY | Walter Scott's third Waverley novel based around an amateur historian (3,9) |
| MOOR | Setting for many an English romantic novel |
