| RASSELAS | Samuel Johnson's Prince of Abissinia |
| HODGE | A rustic or countryman; an actress in Rumpole of the Bailey and a television adaptation of Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers; or, Samuel Johnson's most famous cat (5) |
| SECRET | Samuel Johnson's series set in St Kilda, The ... Life Of Us (6) |
| RICHARDSAVAGE | English poet who was the subject of Samuel Johnson's first extended literary biography, published in 1744 (7,6) |
| THESECRET | Samuel Johnson's St Kilda drama, - - Life of Us (3,6) |
| IRENE | Samuel Johnson's only play |
| BOSWELL | James, Samuel Johnson's biographer (7) |
| BRANDY | Samuel Johnson's drink fit for heroes (6) |
| BIOGRAPHER | James Boswell was Samuel Johnson's (10) |
| ESSAY | Samuel Johnson's "The False Alarm," e.g. |
| BIOGRAPHY | James Boswell wrote Samuel Johnson's (9) |
| PREDICTIONARY | Word that could mean "before Samuel Johnson's 1755 book" or "related to fortunetelling" |
| TETTY | Name by which Samuel Johnson's wife Elizabeth Porter was known |
| HESTERLYNCHTHRALE | English writer, author of Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson (1786) |
| LONDON | "When a man is tired of , he is tired of life" (Samuel Johnson) (6) |
| JAMES | And 4dn Scottish author of Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (5,7) |
| TIRED | "When a man is ___ of London, he is ___ of life": Samuel Johnson (5) |
| PUN | "The lowest form of humor," per Samuel Johnson |
| LICHFIELD | Cathedral city in Staffordshire; birthplace of Samuel Johnson (9) |
| GARRICK | Actor-manager at Drury Lane who was a friend of Dr Samuel Johnson (7) |
