| BERYLBAINBRIDGE | 'An Awfully Big Adventure' novelist |
| BAINBRIDGE | Liverpudlian author whose novels include The Bottle Factory Outing, Sweet William, A Quiet Life and An Awfully Big Adventure (adapted into a film starring Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant) (10) |
| STRIDE | Modernist left at the start of the week, taking an awfully big step |
| GALLICO | Paul ___, The Poseidon Adventure novelist |
| CLIVE | Adventure novelist Cussler |
| AMBLER | Adventure novelist Eric |
| INNES | Hammond ___, adventure novelist (5) |
| JACKLONDON | Adventure novelist * (4,6) |
| DEFOE | Adventure novelist whose story Robinson Crusoe is said to be based on shipwrecked sailor Alexander Selkirk (5) |
| DUMAS | French dramatist and adventure novelist who wrote The Count of Monte Cristo and the d'Artagnan Romances including The Three Musketeers (5) |
| BALLANTYNE | Victorian adventure novelist who wrote about Barbary pirates, coral islands, Cornish mines, gorilla hunters and many other things (10) |
| ALISTAIRMACLEAN | Adventure novelist's ace tip followed by aviator, endlessly immaculate (8,7) |
| TASSO | Awfully big day coming up for old poet |
| MEGASTAR | Margate's awfully big personality (8) |
| OSCAR | Awfully big vehicle gets award (5) |
| GOBI | Oases, principally, in awfully big desert |
| NIGHTCLUB | Awfully big lunch boxes put back in cabaret (9) |
| GREAT | Awfully big treat, rain here. (5,7) |
| BRITAIN | Awfully big treat, rain here. (5,7) |
| THEGAMBIA | Country's awfully big heat around morning (3, 6) |
