| IANRANKIN | Scottish writer best known for his Inspector Rebus novels (3,6) |
| RANKIN | Ian ___, Scottish crime writer best known for his Inspector Rebus novels |
| SMOLLETT | Tobias ___ (1721-71), Scottish author best known for his picaresque novels (8) |
| GRAHAME | Kenneth ___, Scottish author best known for the children's book The Wind in the Willows |
| MARCHMONT | Area of Edinburgh where Inspector Rebus has his home in Ian Rankin's novels (9) |
| PRATCHETT | Terry ?, late fantasy writer best known for the Discworld series of novels (9) |
| MASEFIELD | John ---, English writer best known for his poems of the sea (9) |
| BRETHARTE | US poet and short-story writer best known for his stories of Californian gold miners, such as The Luck of Roaring Camp |
| LAURIELEE | English writer best known for Cider with Rosie (6,3) |
| CERVANTES | Miguel de ___, Spanish dramatist, poet, and prose writer best known for Don Quixote |
| MONICAALI | British writer best known for her debut novel, Brick Lane (6,3) |
| THACKERAY | William Makepeace _, writer best known for the novel Vanity Fair (9) |
| MONSARRAT | Writer best known for The Cruel Sea (9) |
| IAN | Author Rankin of "Inspector Rebus" novels |
| HIDEANDSEEK | The second of Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels (4,3,4) |
| RESURRECTIONMEN | An Inspector Rebus novel by Ian Rankin (12,3) |
| VALMCDERMID | Scottish crime writer best known for a series of novels featuring Dr Tony Hill |
| SAMUEL | English writer best known for his epistolary novels, including Pamela (1740) |
| RICHARDSON | English writer best known for his epistolary novels, including Pamela (1740) |
| HGWELLS | Prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels (1,1,5) |
