| ELDEST | Like Meg among the March sisters |
| SHYEST | Like Beth among the March sisters |
| BETH | The shyest of the March sisters in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women |
| ALCOTT | She wrote of the March sisters in rural cottage |
| LITTLEWOMEN | Novel which introduced the March sisters |
| MEG | Eldest of the March sisters |
| AMY | Youngest of the March sisters |
| LITTLE | And 17 Novel by American author Louisa May Alcott originally published in two volumes, which introduced readers to the March sisters (6,5) |
| WOMEN | Novel by American author Louisa May Alcott originally published in two volumes, which introduced readers to the March sisters (6,5) |
| MYSTIC | Like Meg to see City's game with Mike initially |
| ANJOU | Type of pear March sister enclosed in a fraternity letter (5) |
| DORMOUSE | The character who sat between the March Hare and the Hatter at the tea-party in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll |
| THEFTBOOT | Corrupt dealing with crime, the French abandoning the leader of the march? (9) |
| PENGUINS | Best documentary winner for 2006, the French vision of Antarctic dwellers The March Of The ... |
| CARROLL | Pen name of the author who wrote about characters including Alice, Dinah, the Mad Hatter and the March Hare (7) |
| SMYTH | Composer of The March of the Women suffrage anthem jailed for throwing a rock through a window of the Houses of Parliament (5) |
| ETHELSMYTH | English composer who composed The March Of The Women, anthem of the women's suffrage movement (5,5) |
| ARCHED | Describing the shape of the vaults in the March edition (6) |
| ALICE | Girl who met the Mad Hatter and the March Hare |
| MAD | Knocked over barrier, like the March Hare |
