Elizabeth ___, English author whose novels include Cranford, North and South and Wives and Daughters

Flourish by the river after kicking the last ones out6 Lover of physicist has rubbish hair7 Effervescence4 A sea bird of the family Stercorariidae4 Quartet8 Juliet's cousin turned up by a lake with dry clothing6 A large, four-legged walking robot introduced in the Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back4 Equine mammal5