| BALLARD | J G -, author of novels Crash and The Drowned World |
| WELLS | H G -, author of novels The World Set Free and The Wonderful Visit |
| FARRELL | J. G. -; author who wrote the Empire Trilogy comprising Troubles, The Siege of Krishnapur and The Singapore Grip (7) |
| JONES | American locomotive engineer - killed in a train crash and the subject of a famous ballad (5, 5) |
| LEVI | "The Drowned and the Saved" author |
| MARS | "Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen from ___" by Bon Jovi |
| SAVED | "The Drowned and the ___" (Primo Levi book) |
| WODEHOUSE | P.G., author whose creations include Bertie Wooster and Jeeves (9) |
| JGBALLARD | Chinese-born British author whose novels include Crash and Empire of the Sun (1,1,7) |
| CROWFLOWER | Bird on river that garlanded the drowned Ophelia (4-6) |
| OPHELIA | Work hard with essayist to identify the drowned girl (7) |
| ATLANTIS | Drowned world |
| RYANPHILLIPPE | US actor whose films include Cruel Intentions, The Lincoln Lawyer, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Crash and Flags Of Our Fathers (4,9) |
| AGATHACHRISTIE | I crash and hit gate - drunken author |
| NEAL | "Snow Crash" and "Cryptonomicon" author Stephenson |
| BOMB | Crash and burn at the comedy club |
| CHARLIXCX | British singer with the top 10 albums "Crash" and "Brat" |
| BLACKMONDAY | 1987 market crash, and this puzzle's title, whose first word can precede each word in the starred an |
| CHEADLE | Crash and Ocean's Thirteen actor, Don ... |
| LAGASSE | Crash in Crash & Bernstein, Tim ... (7) |
