| ALICELORRAINE | 1875 R D Blackmore novel subtitled A Tale of the South Downs |
| ALICE | 1875 R D Blackmore novel subtitled A Tale of the South Downs |
| LORRAINE | 1875 R D Blackmore novel subtitled A Tale of the South Downs (5,8) |
| JAMESMICHENER | Author of Tales of the South Pacific (5,8) |
| RIDD | John ?, character in 1869 R D Blackmore novel Lorna Doone |
| LORNA | "___ Doone" (classic R. D. Blackmore novel) |
| LORNADOONE | 1869 R.D. Blackmore novel |
| DOONE | R D Blackmore novel, Lorna ... |
| RAVILIOUS | Artist noted for his watercolours of the South Downs landscape such as Chalk Paths, The Lighthouse at Beachy Head and The Long Man of Wilmington (9) |
| WINCHESTER | City by the western end of the South Downs National Park |
| SISTERS | Seven -; chalk cliffs forming part of the South Downs (7) |
| BLACK | The ___, Robert Louis Stevenson novel subtitled A Tale of the Two Roses (5,5) |
| DEEP | R M Ballantyne novel subtitled A Tale of the Cornish Mines (4,4) |
| SPY | The ___, 1821 James Fenimore Cooper novel subtitled A Tale of the Neutral Ground (3) |
| DEEPDOWN | R M Ballantyne novel subtitled A Tale of the Cornish Mines |
| SANTO | The largest island of Vanuatu and the inspiration for James A Michener's classic, Tales Of The South |
| WEALD | The ?, region of SE England between the North Downs and the South Downs (5) |
| UNDER | GA Henty novel subtitled A Tale of the Spanish Main (5,6,4) |
| DRAKESFLAG | GA Henty novel subtitled A Tale of the Spanish Main (5,6,4) |
| DRED | Harriet Beecher Stowe novel subtitled "A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" |
