| FINLAY | Doctor creation of A.J. Cronin in works such as Beyond This Place (6) |
| DOCTORFINLAY | Creation of A.J. Cronin who features in the novel Beyond This Place (6,6) |
| JEKYLL | Doctor creation of R.L. Stevenson whose alter ego is Mr. Hyde (6) |
| WARREN | Director of ski movies such as Beyond The Edge and Endless Winter, ... Miller |
| DOCTORCAMERON | Elderly physician in Beyond This Place and other tales by A.J. Cronin (6,7) |
| MEADE | Author of novels/stories including many for children and young people such as Beyond the Blue Mountains and A World of Girls (5) |
| ARCHIBALD | First name of A.J.Cronin who wrote 'The Citadel' novel about a Scottish doctor (9) |
| CARDROSS | Large village on the Firth of Clyde (pop 2,000), the birthplace of A J Cronin (8) |
| TURNER | Oil painter and watercolourist noted for treatment of light in works such as East Cowes Castle, Engl |
| CRABBE | A rector of Muston in the Vale of Belvoir as well as a surgeon, poet and coleopterist whose works such as The Village and The Borough were esteemed by Tennyson (6) |
| HEAVEN | Name for the firmament or apparent abode of God, regarded as beyond the sky; or, by extension, a place or state of supreme bliss (6) |
| EEYORE | Which old grey donkey is a creation of A A Milne? (6) |
| CREWEL | A fine two-ply worsted; or, the embroidery, tapestry or historical works, such as garters, girdles or trimmings, in which such yarn is used (6) |
| OPERAS | Works such as The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of Seville |
| MATISSE | Noted for use of colour in works such as La Danse and his series of cut-outs, a French artist who was a member of the Fauves (wild beasts) (7) |
| MYSTIC | One who undergoes experiences and intuitively comprehends truths as beyond human understanding, enigmatic and mysterious |
| TERESA | Spanish saint and author famous for her mystic visions and for works such as Book of the Foundations and The Interior Castle (6) |
| ASKNOT | Start of a J.F.K. challenge |
| TETRIS | 2023 biopic about the creation of a video game |
| RACKHAM | Book illustrator remembered for his depictions of fairies, anthropomorphic trees, goblins, witches etc in works such as Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (7) |
