| EMILEZOLA | 19th-century French novelist and critic who wrote the open letter J'accuse during the Dreyfus Affair (5,4) |
| JACCUSE | Headline during the Dreyfus Affair |
| BUTLER | Samuel ___ (1835 - 1902), English novelist and critic who wrote Erewhon (1872) (6) |
| BALZAC | Honore de ---, 19th Century French novelist and playwright who wrote La Comedie Humaine (6) |
| COLERIDGE | Samuel Taylor ---, English poet and critic who wrote The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (9) |
| FAURE | Felix ---, president of France 1895-99, recipient of Emile Zola's famous open letter J'Accuse...! (5) |
| JEANGENET | 20th-Century French novelist and playwright who wrote Notre-DameDes-Fleurs (4,5) |
| VICTORHUGO | 19th-century French novelist and dramatist (6,4) |
| HUGO | 19th-century French novelist and poet (4) |
| SAND | George ---, 19th Century French novelist who controversially wore men's clothing and smoked tobacco in public (4) |
| ZOLA | Emile ___, author of J'Accuse...! in the Dreyfus affair (4) |
| FELIXSALTEN | Austrian author and critic who wrote Bambi, A Life In The Woods (1923) (5,6) |
| STENDHAL | Pen-name of the early 19th century French novelist Marie-Henri Beyle (8) |
| CHARLESLAMB | English essayist and critic who wrote under the pen name Elia |
| EMILE | _ Zola, French author renowned for the newspaper letter J'Accuse...! (5) |
| ROBERTGRAVES | Novelist, poet and critic who wrote I, Claudius |
| RUTHREICHL | Restaurant critic who wrote the memoir "Garlic and Sapphires" |
| LEAVIS | Literary critic who wrote The Great Tradition and co-founded Scrutiny (6) |
| MALTIN | Critic who wrote the shortest review ever given to a motion picture: "No" for 1948's "Isn't It Roman |
| EGONRONAY | Hungarian-born food critic who wrote and published a series of guides to British and Irish restaurants and hotels (4,5) |
