| CHARTERIS | Leslie ---, author of a series of novels and short stories about Simon Templar, The Saint (9) |
| MELVILLE | American writer of novels and short stories (8) |
| PORKPIE | Short stories about opening of pub and what it may sell |
| NAZI | He wrote short stories about swastikas finally (4) |
| WODEHOUSE | Comic author nicknamed Plum who wrote numerous novels and short stories set in fictional locales including Blandings Castle, Berkeley Mansions and the Drones Club (9) |
| BURROUGHS | Author of a series of novels based on the adventures of Viscount Greystoke, aka Tarzan (9) |
| RANSOME | Author of a series of adventure novels about characters including the Amazons, the Coots, the Hullabaloos and the Swallows |
| FLEMING | Ian -; author of the James Bond series of novels and the children's book Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (7) |
| DICKENS | Author of a series of Christmas novels including The Battle of Life, The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth (7) |
| CHESTERTON | Author of a series of stories featuring his character Father Brown including The Blue Cross, The Purple Wig, The Green Man and The Red Moon of Meru (10) |
| VIWARSHAWSKI | Fictional character in a series of detective novels and short stories written by Sara Paretsky, played on film by Kathleen Turner |
| STAVRO | Middle name of the fictional supervillain Blofeld in the James Bond series of novels and films |
| SAINT | Simon Templar, the Leslie Charteris detective character made popular on TV by Roger Moore, is also known as the ... |
| ANGELOU | Author of a series of seven autobiographies including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Heart of a Woman and Mom & Me & Mom (7) |
| MONTGOMERY | L. M. -; author of a series of children's novels including Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea and |
| BAUM | L. Frank -; author of a series of novels about the Land of Oz (4) |
| ELIOT | Nicknamed "possum" by fellow poet Ezra Pound, the author of a series of "cat poems", written for his godchildren, that later formed the basis of a record-breaking musical (5) |
| FICTIONALPROSE | Novels and short stories, e.g. |
| TALESOFATRAVELLER | Collection of essays and short stories by Washington Irving, using the pen name Geoffrey Crayon, Gent (5,2,1,9) |
| SAGA | Series of novels and interludes by John Galsworthy, The Forsyte _ (4) |
