| FORSTER | Author of novels including A Room with a View, Howards End and A Passage to India who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 13 different years (7) |
| ASHCROFT | Actress in A Passage to India who was the voice of Hilda in When the Wind Blows (8) |
| WOOLF | Virginia -; author of works including A Room of One's Own and the novel inspired by Vita Sackville-West titled Orlando (5) |
| MERCHANT | Producer who worked with James Ivory on a number of films including Heat and Dust, A Room with a View, Howard's End and The Remains of the Day (8) |
| IVORY | Director who made a number of films with producer Ismail Merchant, including Heat and Dust, Howards End and A Room with a View (5) |
| EMFORSTER | Author whose novels include Howards End and A Passage to India |
| FORS | Who wrote A Room With A View and A Passage To India? (7) |
| DRABBLE | Jigsaw-puzzle enthusiast and author of novels including A Summer Bird-Cage and The Millstone who has edited two editions of The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7) |
| CARR | Author of novels including A Day in Summer and A Month in the Country who published his Dictionary of Extraordinary English Cricketers under his imprint The Quince Tree Press (4) |
| EMMATHOMPSON | English actress who won a Best Actress Oscar for Howards End and a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Sense and Sensibility |
| BLOOMSBURY | District of London associated with a coterie of creatives whose artistic and literary output includes A Room of One's Own, Eminent Victorians, Howards End and The Kitchen at Charleston (10) |
| FFORDE | Author of a number of romance novels including A Vintage Wedding, A Country Escape and A Rose Petal Summer (6) |
| BRADFORD | Barbara Taylor -; author of novels including A Woman of Substance and Hold the Dream (8) |
| ASHE | Pen name under which John Creasey wrote his Patrick Dawlish novels including A Puzzle in Pearls, A Clutch of Coppers, A Nest of Traitors and A Blast of Trumpets (4) |
| LEAN | Director noted for films including The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia and A Passage to India (4) |
| TROLLOPE | Cotswolds-born author of novels including A Village Affair, The Choir and The Rector's Wife (8) |
| TEY | Pen name of the author who wrote the Inspector Alan Grant novels including A Shilling for Candles and The Daughter of Time (3) |
| DAVIDLEAN | Director of Doctor Zhivago and A Passage to India |
| BURNETT | Frances Hodgson -; author of around 40 novels including A Lady of Quality, The Secret Garden and The Lost Prince (7) |
| SHERLOCK | First name of a fictional detective in novels including A Study in Scarlet and The Hound of the Baskervilles (8) |
