| HUXLEY | 20th century author, Aldous .. |
| BRAVENEWWORLD | 1932 dystopian science fiction novel by English author Aldous Huxley (5,3,5) |
| ORWELL | Mid-20th century writer or early 20th century writer, mostly (6) |
| NIN | 20th-century author famous for her journals |
| BERYL | 20th-century author, ___ Bainbridge (5) |
| HURST | Early 20th century author Fannie |
| MERTON | 20th-century author/monk Thomas |
| ERNEST | - Hemingway, 20th century author (6) |
| HEMINGWAY | Ernest -, 20th century author (9) |
| COOKSON | Catherine - - -, 20th Century author whose novels were inspired by her youth in the North East (7) |
| CARTLAND | Barbara - - -, prolific 20th Century author known for her romantic novels (8) |
| BAUM | Early 20th-century author who foresaw TV and wireless telephones |
| HUBBARD | L. Ron ---, 20th-Century author who founded the Church of Scientology (7) |
| MURDOCH | Iris _, 20th-century author and philosopher whose works included The Sea, The Sea (1978) |
| ROALD | 20th-century author whose children's books included James And The Giant Peach, _ Dahl (5) |
| FORESTER | C.S. ---, 20th-Century author known for his Horatio Hornblower series of novels (8) |
| JOYCECAROLOATES | 20th-century writer |
| SITWELL | Edith ---, flamboyant early 20th-century writer |
| IDATARBELL | Noted early 20th-century writer/reformer |
| MERVYNPEAKE | 20th Century writer and artist known for his Gormenghast books (6,5) |