| HORNBLOWER | Swashbuckling C.S. Forester character, or two slang terms for "telephone" |
| BREADDOUGH | Baker's need, or two slang terms for "money" |
| JOHNJAKES | Author of "North and South," or two slang terms for "toilet" |
| SAPSUCKER | Woodpecker, or two slang terms for "dupe" |
| WHIST | In C S Forester's novels, what is Captain Hornblower's favourite card game? (5) |
| INFO | An abbreviation of a word for data or facts, referred to in slang terms including 411, FYI, TMI and skinny (4) |
| CECIL | C.S. Forester's C |
| SEA | Backdrop for many C.S. Forester books |
| ASHIP | C.S. Forester's "___ of the Line" |
| OPTIC | Fiber ___ Cables; used for telephone, cable or internet systems? |
| ELO | Band known for "Telephone Line" and "Xanadu," for short |
| TEDY | Scott’s boring covers for telephone directory |
| SANDY | Bell responsible for telephone's familiar form |
| FORESTER | C S Forester (1899-1966), Egypt-born novelist, best known for his 10-book Hornblower series (8) |
| HORATIOHORNBLOWER | C.S. Forester's naval officer |
| GUN | The ___, 1933 novel by C S Forester (3) |
| AFRICANQUEEN | The ___, 1935 novel by C S Forester (7,5) |
| SHIP | The ___, 1943 novel by C S Forester (4) |
| SCOTT | Middle name of the novelist C S Forester |
| RETURN | 1937 novel by C S Forester (5,6) (see 10A) |
