| NADIYA | --- Hussain, The Great British Bake Off winner and writer for The Times Magazine |
| HUSSAIN | Luton-born Bake Off winner and TV chef, Nadiya _ (7) |
| GATISS | Actor and writer for Doctor Who and Sherlock, Mark - (6) |
| IBSEN | Dramatist and writer for children almost returned (5) |
| KIMBER | The first Great British Rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out the name of the celebrity in the centre of the grid Bake-Off winner, Edd _ (6) |
| EDD | The first Great British Bake-off winner, _ Kimber (3) |
| NADIYAHUSSAIN | Former "Bake Off" winner who made the Queen's 90th birthday cake |
| LIZLEMON | Creator/writer for the faux TV programs "The Girlie Show" and "TGS With Tracy Jordan" |
| LEADINGROLL | Bake-off winner? |
| CANDICE | _ Brown, 2016 Bake Off winner (7) |
| FORD | --- Prefect, a human-like alien writer for The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (4) |
| BENELTON | Writer for The Young Ones and Blackadder (3,5) |
| MALCOLMGLADWELL | Canadian author who is a long-time writer for The New Yorker magazine: 2 wds. |
| VED | Indian author ___ Mehta, a staff writer for The New Yorker for more than 30 years |
| THUNDERER | The reporter initially has to keep working for the Times (9) |
| DIAGNOSIS | Documentary web TV series based on The New York Times Magazine column that was released in 2019 |
| IMAYDESTROYYOU | 2020 HBO drama that depicts the "pinballing of trauma," per a Times Magazine review |
| CHECKOFF | Put a tick against Russian writer for the audience (5,3) |
| KAHN | E. J. ___ Jr., longtime writer for The New Yorker |
| GREER | ___ Fay Cashman (prolific writer for The Jerusalem Post) (5) |
