| CHARTERIS | Leslie, author who created The Saint, Simon Templar (9) |
| SEARLE | English illustrator who created the "St. Trinian's" cartoon series |
| TEMPLAR | Better known as 'The Saint', Simon ... |
| DONALDSON | Julia _, children's author who created the Gruffalo (9) |
| PATTERSON | James _, US author who created the character of detective Alex Cross (9) |
| PRATCHETT | Terry, British author who created the Discworld series of comic fantasy novels (9) |
| ROALDDAHL | British author who created the character that appeared in the Sainsbury's 2024 Christmas advert (5,4) |
| RKNARAYAN | Indian author who created the fictional town of Malgudi |
| JKROWLING | British author who created the fantasy characters Draco Malfoy and Sirius Black (1,1,7) |
| THESAINT | Nickname of the fictional hero Simon Templar, created by British-Chinese author Leslie Charteris in the 1928 novel Meet the Tiger (3,5) |
| ROGER | ___ Moore, actor who played Simon Templar in The Saint (5) |
| MOORE | Simon Templar in the British 1960s show The Saint was played to perfection by suave James Bond acto |
| ROGERMOORE | Actor who played Simon Templar in The Saint and narrated an English language audio guide for Beijing's Forbidden City |
| SAINT | Simon Templar, the Leslie Charteris detective character made popular on TV by Roger Moore, is also known as the ... |
| ENID | Forename of the author who created the character Velvet Brown, who wins the Grand National on a piebald horse won in a village raffle (4) |
| AEWMASON | Triply initialled author who created the detective Inspector Hanaud (who was the template for Hercule Poirot) |
| PGWODEHOUSE | English author who created the fictional character Psmith (1,1,9) |
| MARGERYALLINGHAM | Author who created the detective Albert Campion (7,9) |
| LEN | Mr Deighton, the author who created the agent Harry Palmer (3) |
| JULIADONALDSON | British children's author who created the Gruffalo (5,9) |
