| SINCLAIR | -- Lewis, winner of the 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature; author of the novel 'Main Street' (8) |
| AMOSOZ | Israeli novelist and Professor of Literature, author of 'A Perfect Peace' (4,2) |
| LEWIS | Sinclair ?, winner of the 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| POE | Edgar Allan ___, Gothic literature writer (3) |
| LEONA | ----- Lewis, winner of the third series of The X Factor (5) |
| FAULKNER | Author of the 1930 novel As I Lay Dying, William _ (8) |
| MARCCONNELLY | US winner of the 1930 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play The Green Pastures (4,8) |
| DIETRICH | Marlene ___, German-American actress and singer who played Lola-Lola in the 1930 film The Blue Angel |
| LEWAYRES | Actor who starred in the 1930 film All Quiet on the Western Front (3,5) |
| PHARLAP | Iconic Nz-born horse and winner of the 1930 Cup (4,3) |
| WHARTON | Edith _ American novelist nominated for the 1927, 1928 and 1930 Nobel Prize for Literature (7) |
| ARTHURRANSOME | English author of the 1930 children's adventure novel Swallows and Amazons (6,7) |
| OLIVERHARDY | One of the stars of the 1930 film Another Fine Mess (6,5) |
| ARTHUR | Author of the 1930 children's adventure novel Swallows And Amazons, _ Ransome (6) |
| TREACLE | A by-product of sugar refining; according to an old music-hall joke, it was mined in Lancashire, notably in Sabden, where the story was encouraged by fictitious reports in local newspapers in the 1930 |
| NANCYDREW | Teenage sleuth who first appeared in the 1930 novel The Secret of the Old Clock (5,4) |
| NANCY | Amateur sleuth who first appears in the 1930 novel The Secret Of The Old Clock, _ Drew (5) |
| BELALUGOSI | Hungarian star of the 1930 film Dracula (4,6) |
| GANDHI | Leader of the 1930 Salt March |
| PLOT | Novel's main events in interrelated sequence (4) |
