| HERRIOT | Vet-author whose books inspired All Creatures Great and Small (7) |
| THIRSK | North Yorkshire town associated with vet/author James Alfred Wight (6) |
| WEBB | Novelist whose books inspired Stella Gibbons to write Cold Comfort Farm (4) |
| MICHAEL | ___ Crichton, writer whose book inspired the Jurassic films (7) |
| ERATO | She inspired all but closed after a time |
| USDO | "'Till Death ___ ___ Part" (BBC comedy which inspired "All in the Family") |
| DAHL | Roald ___ novelist on whose book inspired 26d |
| COOKSON | Author whose books such as The Cinder Path and Tilly Trotter trilogy have sold in their millions (7) |
| GRAHAME | Author whose book The Wind in the Willows was adapted into Toad of Toad Hall by A. A. Milne and a series featuring the voices of David Jason, Michael Hordern and others (7) |
| HERBERT | James, horror writer whose books include The Rats and The Fog (7) |
| SAOTOME | A set of books inspired by remarkable island capital |
| GABRIEL | Hannah in All Creatures Great and Small (7,7) |
| QUIGLEY | Hannah in All Creatures Great and Small (7,7) |
| NIGELLA | Latin name of love-in-a-mist; or, the food writer whose books include How to Eat and How to Be a Domestic Goddess (7) |
| LECARRE | Author whose books include Smiley's People (4,2,5) |
| DICKENS | English writer whose books include One Pair of Hands (6,7) |
| ATOMISE | Destroy short book inspired by a long book |
| TIMOTHY | Christopher a"; actor who played the role of vet James Herriot in the television series All Creatures Great and Small (7) |
| TRISTAN | - Farnon; All Creatures Great and Small character played by Peter Davison (7) |
| DAVISON | Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great & Small and fifth Doctor Who, Peter ... (7) |
