| LARKIN | Surname of the family in HE Bates' 1958 novel The Darling Buds of May (6) |
| OFMAY | HE Bates created the endearing Larkin family in his 1958 novel, The Darling Buds ... (2,3) |
| LAMPEDUSA | Italian aristocrat who wrote the 1958 novel The Leopard |
| HARPER | Surname of the family who featured in the TV sitcom My Family (6) |
| MEANEY | Who played the father of the family in The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van? (6) |
| BENNET | Surname of the family living at Longbourn in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice |
| KEATON | Surname of the "Family Ties" family |
| EXODUS | 1958 novel by Leon Uris about the founding of the State of Israel |
| SISTER | Member of the family in charge of a ward (6) |
| KRAMER | Name of the family in a 1979 film about a bitter divorce struggle, Best Picture winner at the 1980 Oscars (6) |
| BAILEY | Jonathan, actor who plays Anthony, head of the family, in Bridgerton (6) |
| FOXCUB | Keeper of the watch, an unknown copper, coming in: he's earthborn (3,3) |
| CONNER | Surname of the family on "Roseanne" |
| ZETAJONES | Welsh actress married to Michael Douglas who starred as Mariette in the television adaptation of H. E. Bates' novel The Darling Buds of May (4-5) |
| SUMMER | 'The -', 1958 novel by Rumer Godden set in France (9,6) |
| INFERT | He brings in, he draws a conclusion or makes an inference |
| TROUGH | Hollow area poor driver ends up in - he leaves it (6) |
| LIMPET | Permit little devil to go in: he's a sticker! (6) |
| MARIETTE | Eldest Larkin child in H.E. Bates' novel The Darling Buds of May (8) |
| CHANGE | Putting note in, he can, perhaps, get coins (6) |
