| LAURIELEE | Author of Cider with Rosie (6,3) |
| LEE | The sheltered side of a ship, opposite its weather/windward side; or, the author of Cider with Rosie (3) |
| LAURIE | _ Lee, Cider with Rosie author (6) |
| SCRUMPIES | Types of cider, viz, made with liquor and apple, for example (9) |
| SNAKEBITE | Drink of cider and lager can be poisonous |
| THATCHERS | Brand of cider originating from Somerset (9) |
| MISDIRECT | Throw off scent of cider dispersed in vapour (9) |
| ROLLINTHEHAY | Sequel to Cider with Rosie? Another novel with hilly setting (4,2,3,3) |
| STROUD | Cotswolds town where Cider with Rosie and As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning author Laurie Lee was born (6) |
| CRABAPPLE | College bar serves up the makings of cider from wild fruit (4,5) |
| SCRUMHALF | Rugby player has a lot of cider and a little beer |
| GLOUCESTER | City in the county in which Laurie Lee's Cider With Rosie is set (10) |
| SLAD | Gloucestershire village where Laurie Lee's Cider with Rosie was set (4) |
| LORELEI | Fascinating women reminding one of Cider With Rosie's author (7) |
| APPLEJACK | Cider with a kick |
| ICEDWATER | Made a wet cider with something cold in the fridge (4,5) |
| IRVING | Author of "Cider House Rules" |
| ROSIE | Supper of cider/tea, with/ without Lee? (5) |
| SCRUMPY | From "withered apples", name of a variety of cider traditionally brewed in the West Country from said small shrivelled windfalls or griggles (7) |
| SCRUM | A lot of cider seen at Twickenham? (5) |
