| CERF | Writer who co-founded Random House |
| MAILER | Writer who co-founded The Village Voice |
| CAMUS | French writer who co-founded the newspaper Combat |
| RICHARD | Dublin-born writer who co-founded The Spectator magazine with Joseph Addison (7,6) |
| STEELE | Richard ___ (1672 -1729), Irish writer who co-founded The Spectator (6) |
| GIDE | French author who co-founded La Nouvelle Revue Francaise |
| EDITHNESBIT | Children's author who co-founded the Fabian Society |
| RCA | Electronics co. that once owned Random House |
| SIEGEL | Jerry ___ (American writer who co-created Superman with Canadian cartoonist Joe Shuster) |
| BRICKMAN | Marshall, writer who co-scripted films Manhattan and Annie Hall with Woody Allen (8) |
| CLARKE | Arthur C., English science fiction writer who co-wrote the screenplay for 2001: A Space Odyssey (6) |
| KRISTENWIIG | American actress, comedian and writer who co-wrote and starred in the film Bridesmaids |
| KANE | Bob, U.S. comic book writer who co-created Batman with Bill Finger (4) |
| JERRYSIEGEL | American comic book writer who co-created Superman with Joe Shuster (5,6) |
| LINEHAN | see 21ac, Comedy writer who co-wrote Father Ted and created The IT Crowd |
| STAN | ____ Lee, comic book writer who co-created the character Black Panther (4) |
| WESLEY | Charles, hymn writer who co-wrote the carol Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (6) |
| LISEMAYER | American-born comedy writer who co-created the BBC comedy series The Young Ones with then partner Rik Mayall and Ben Elton |
| GRAHAM | and 35dn, Comedy writer who co-wrote Father Ted and created The IT Crowd |
| OTTOBINDER | US novelist and comic-book writer who co-created the character of Supergirl in 1959 (4,6) |
