| BLANDINGS | Prize pig, The Empress of - (P.G. Wodehouse) |
| EMPRESS | PG Wodehouse pig, the ... of Blandings |
| OLGADAPOLGA | A guinea pig, the heroine of a series of Michael Bond books (4,2,5) |
| CAPYBARA | Sometimes referred to as a giant guinea pig, the largest living rodent (8) |
| PELHAM | The "P" of P. G. Wodehouse |
| GUSSIEFINKNOTTLE | Character in the Jeeves novels of P.G. Wodehouse (6,4-6) |
| GLOSSOP | Honoria, recurring character in the Jeeves stories of P.G. Wodehouse (7) |
| AUNTAGATHA | Recurring character in the Jeeves stories of P.G. Wodehouse (4,6) |
| BESSIESMITH | American singer of the Jazz Age nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues" (6,5) |
| VICTORIA | Historical drama series about the early rule of the Empress of India |
| PLUM | Old word for £100,000; nickname of P. G. Wodehouse; or, a fruit related to damson, sloe, greengage and mirabelle used to make a variety of membrillo (4) |
| REGINALD | ___ Jeeves of P. G. Wodehouse stories |
| AAMILNE | Famed frenemy of P. G. Wodehouse |
| BERTIEWOOSTER | Creation of P G Wodehouse whose valet is Jeeves |
| BERTIE | Creation of P G Wodehouse whose valet is Jeeves (6,7) |
| WOOSTER | Creation of P G Wodehouse whose valet is Jeeves (6,7) |
| BESSIE | Smith nicknamed "The Empress of the Blues" |
| OPAL | The Empress of Australia, e.g. |
| STYE | Eyesore, the east wing on the Empress of Blandings' place? |
| MAKEAPIGOFONESELF | Take lots of courses to resemble the Empress of Blandings? |
