| HORNBLOWER | Napoleonic Wars hero of CS Forester's books, Captain Horatio ... |
| HORATIO | Napoleonic Wars hero of CS Forester books, Captain ... Hornblower |
| AGAMEMNON | Trojan War hero of myth |
| CONANDOYLE | Arthur, English writer who created the Napoleonic war hero Brigadier Gerard (5,5) |
| SEA | Backdrop for many C.S. Forester books |
| FORESTER | What was the surname of the creator of Captain Horatio Hornblower? (8) |
| HADDOCK | Character in The Adventures of Tintin comic books, Captain ------- (7) |
| JOHNS | Creator of the Biggles books, Captain WE ... |
| CSFORESTER | Creator of Captain Horatio Hornblower (1,1,8) |
| NARNIA | Setting of a series of CS Lewis novels including The Silver Chair (6) |
| ASLAN | The only character seen in all of CS Lewis's Narnia books |
| ENERGIZER | Maker of a lot of C's and D's |
| PUGWASH | Captain Horatio -, bumbling pirate character brought to life by John Ryan in cartoons and comic strips (7) |
| SHIPOFTHELINE | "A ... ... ... ...", 1938 novel by CS Forester (4,2,3,4) |
| SHIP | "The ...", 1943 novel by CS Forester (4) |
| AFRICAN | The ___ Queen, missionary novel by CS Forester (7) |
| BSHARPS | Equivalents of C's |
| HAN | Star Wars hero, ___ Solo (3) |
| REY | New-generation "Star Wars" hero played by Daisy Ridley |
| SOLO | Star Wars hero played by Harrison Ford, Han ___ (4) |