| NICKHORNBY | Author of the novels A Long Way Down and About A Boy (4,6) |
| ENDOW | Equip for the way down and out |
| AIRPORT | ____ novel, a long but fast-paced potboiler book suitable for holiday reading (7) |
| HORNBY | Nick ?, author of novels About A Boy and A Long Way Down |
| STAN | Author of the novels A Kind of Loving and The Watchers on the Shore (4,7) |
| ALEC | Author of the novels A Spy in the Family and The Loom of Youth (4,5) |
| EDMUNDWHITE | Author of the novels A Boy's Own Story and The Farewell Symphony (6,5) |
| NICK | British author of Fever Pitch and About a Boy, ---- Hornby (4) |
| DOYLE | Roddy -, author of the novels A Star Called Henry and The Woman Who Walked into Doors (5) |
| SILLITOE | Author of the novels A Man of His Time and Birthday (4,8) |
| ALAN | Author of the novels A Man of His Time and Birthday (4,8) |
| SOPHIEHANNAH | Author of the novels A Game for All the Family and Little Face (6,6) |
| BRAGG | Melvyn, author of the novels A Son of War and Credo (5) |
| FORSTER | EM, author of the novels A Room With A View and Where Angels Fear To Tread (7) |
| SVEVO | Italo ___, author of the novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience (5) |
| GALE | Patrick ?, author of the novels A Perfectly Good Man and Notes from an Exhibition (4) |
| MAYLE | Peter, author of the novels A Good Year and Hotel Pastis (5) |
| ANTHONYBURGESS | Author of the novels A Clockwork Orange and Earthly Powers (7,7) |
| GRISHAM | John, author of the novels A Time To Kill and Sycamore Row (7) |
| DEEPSEA | A long way down in the ocean (4-3) |