| ISHIGURO | Nagasaki-born author of the 1982 novel A Pale View of Hills (8) |
| ISHIGUEU | Kazuo ___ (b 1954), Nagasaki-born British writer who won the Novel Prize in Literature in 2017 (8) |
| RAPTORS | Avian predators take a dim view of hills (7) |
| ALICEWALKER | Author of the 1982 novel The Color Purple which was made into a 1985 movie: 2 wds. |
| ALICE | Author of the 1982 novel The Color Purple, _ Walker (5) |
| CROSS | Author of the 1982 children's book The Demon Headmaster, Gillian _ (5) |
| CROMPTON | Lancashire-born author of the Just William series of books for children (8) |
| HOSSEINI | Khaled ---, Afghan-born author of The Kite Runner |
| TROLLOPE | Cotswolds-born author of novels including A Village Affair, The Choir and The Rector's Wife (8) |
| SESSIONS | Roger --, winner of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Music (8) |
| TSUSHIMA | Japanese island in the Korea Strait which forms part of the Nagasaki Prefecture (8) |
| KINGSLEY | Charles -, Devon-born author of classics including Hypatia, The Water-Babies and Westward Ho! (8) |
| KOESTLER | Arthur ---, Hungarian-born author of Darkness at Noon and The Sleepwalkers |
| BOWEN | Elizabeth, Dublin-born author of The Death of the Heart (5) |
| ATOMBOMB | Nuclear weapon that devastated Nagasaki in 1945 (4,4) |
| NAGASAKI | Nagasaki |
| LEACH | Bernard ___, Hong Kong-born author of the 1940 work A Potter's Book (5) |
| ANHDO | Vietnamese-born author of The Happiest Refugee, which chronicles his journey to Australia as a child |
| BERNARDLEACH | Hong Kong-born author of the 1940 work A Potter's Book (7,5) |
| KAFKA | Prague-born author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial. (5) |
