| ITALO | 'Confessions of Zeno' novelist Svevo |
| SVEVO | Italo, Italian author of the novel Confessions of Zeno (5) |
| ITALOSVEVO | Writer from Trieste noted for his psychological novel Confessions of Zeno published in 1923 (5,5) |
| ZENO | "Confession of ----', 1923 novel by Italo Svevo (4) |
| STOIC | Term, from the Greek name of the Painted Portico, for a disciple of Zeno of Citium, such as the boxer Cleanthes, ex-slave Epictetus, favourite Perseus or champion runner Chrysippus, who laughed himsel |
| STOICS | Ancient Greece: Followers of Zeno of Citium |
| ETTORESCHMITZ | What is the birth name of Italo Svevo, who was taught English by James Joyce and wrote The Confessio |
| ETAS | Letters of Zeno |
| ELEA | Home of Zeno |
| EDINBURGH | Hired gun wandering around front of battle - setting of Private Memiors and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (9) |
| ISLA | Actress Fisher of "Confessions of a Shopaholic" |
| THOMASDEQUINCEY | Author of Confessions of an English Opium Eater |
| AVI | Mononymic author of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle |
| FISHER | Isla _, star of Confessions of a Shopaholic (6) |
| HOGG | James ___, Scottish author of 1824 novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (4) |
| IRS | Agency that's the subject of the book "Confessions of a Tax Collector": Abbr. |
| DEQUINCEY | Thomas -, author of 1821 autobiographical work Confessions of an English Opium Eater (2,7) |
| ISLAFISHER | See picture clue: Star of the 2009 movie Confessions of a Shopaholic (4,6) |
| ISIDORE | Jack, protagonist of Philip K. Dick's novel Confessions of a Crap Artist (7) |
| MOORE | George -; Irish novelist whose works include A Mummer's Wife, Esther Waters and the memoir Confessions of a Young Man (5) |
