| MELLY | George ?, art critic and jazz musician whose volumes of autobiography include Rum, Bum and Concertin |
| GEORGEMELLY | Art critic and jazz musician whose volumes of autobiography include Rum, Bum and Concertina and Owning Up |
| COLE | Nat King - - -, 20th Century American singer-songwriter and jazz musician whose signature tune was Unforgettable (4) |
| MISSREAD | Pen name of the author Mrs. Dora Saint whose volumes of autobiography include A Fortunate Grandchild |
| WINN | Godfrey ___, author of volumes of autobiography The Positive Hour and The Infirm Glory (4) |
| JOHNRUSKIN | 19th-century English art critic and social reformer whose works include Modern Painters and Unto this Last (4,6) |
| BRIANSEWELL | Art critic and columnist whose television credits included Big Art Challenge and The Naked Pilgrim: The Road to Santiago |
| RUSKIN | John, English art critic and social reformer whose works include The Stones of Venice (6) |
| BRIAN | Art critic and columnist whose television credits included Big Art Challenge and The Naked Pilgrim: The Road to Santiago (5,6) |
| SEWELL | Art critic and columnist whose television credits included Big Art Challenge and The Naked Pilgrim The Road to Santiago (5,6) |
| IVOR | And 16 British composer whose volumes of poetry include War's Embers (4,6) |
| RAYBRADBURY | Author whose volumes of short stories include The Illustrated Man and I Sing the Body Electric! (3,8) |
| DOROTHY | US humorist whose volumes of poetry include 1931's Death and Taxes |
| PARKER | US humorist whose volumes of poetry include 1931's Death and Taxes (7,6) (see 8A) |
| ROBERTLOWELL | US poet whose volumes of verse include Lord Weary's Castle and For the Union Dead |
| DOROTHYPARKER | US humorist whose volumes of poetry include 1931's Death and Taxes |
| CLIVEJAMES | Australian critic, author and broadcaster whose first volume of autobiography is entitled Unreliable |
| HERMAN | Woody, Milwaukee-born bandleader and jazz musician who died in 1987 (6) |
| GEORGIEFAME | English R&B and jazz musician born Clive Powell in 1943 |
| WOODYHERMAN | Milwaukee-born bandleader and jazz musician who died in 1987 (5,6) |
