| WODEHOUSE | Novelist nicknamed Plum who wrote about the exploits of Jeeves, Wooster, Psmith and the Blandings Castle set (9) |
| HIGGINSCLARK | Mary ---, bestselling US novelist nicknamed the Queen of Suspense |
| CHOIRBOYS | The ___, title of a 1975 Jospeh Wamburgh novel about the exploits of a group of LA police officers |
| DENNISTHE | Hank Ketcham's long-running comic strip about the exploits of a blond rapscallion, ...Menace (6,3) |
| TOPCOPS | Early 1990s CBS series about the exploits of real-life police officers |
| NOANGELS | Comedy drama about the exploits of four healthcare workers (2,6) |
| WHITE | Pearl ?, silent film actress who starred in serials The Exploits of Elaine and The Perils of Pauline |
| GRAHAME | Novelist who wrote about the adventures of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Mr Toad in the classic family favourite The Wind in the Willows (7) |
| VANDERPOST | A godfather of Prince William who wrote about the plight of the South African bushmen in his book The Lost World of the Kalahari (3,3,4) |
| TWAIN | Pen name of the novelist who wrote about the adventures of characters Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer (5) |
| CHANSONSDEGESTE | French epic poems telling of the exploits of knights (8,2,5) |
| CHANSONDEGESTE | Type of French epic poem often celebrating the exploits of knights (7,2,5) |
| WELLS | Author, "H G", who wrote about the rise of machines in his iconic novel The War of the Worlds (5) |
| COOLRUNNINGS | Which film was based on the exploits of Jamaica's 1988 Winter Olympics bobsled team? (4,8) |
| SAGA | A medieval prose narrative, written in Iceland, recounting the exploits of a hero or family (4) |
| RUNNINGS | Film based on the exploits of Jamaica's 1988 Winter Olympics bobsleigh team. (4,8) |
| COOL | Film based on the exploits of Jamaica's 1988 Winter Olympics bobsleigh team. (4,8) |
| DECLINEANDFALL | First published novel by English author Evelyn Waugh (1928), following the exploits of Paul Pennyfeather (7,3,4) |
| MYHERO | British TV series that followed the exploits of an alien superhero known as "Thermoman" (2,4) |
| BEACH | Butler in the Blandings Castle books by P. G. Wodehouse; or, a type of sandy or pebbly shore that is the habitat of oyster-catchers, turnstones and other waders (5) |
