| JOHNWYNDHAM | 20th Century British science fiction writer; author of The Day Of The Triffids (4,7) |
| GOTLIEB | Phyllis, Canadian science fiction writer, author of Sunburst (7) |
| GEMINIMAN | 1976 series starring Ben Murphy based on the 'Invisible' work of British science fiction writer H.G. Wells: 2 wds. |
| WELLSFARGO | Renowned British science fiction writer with a bank? |
| WYNDHAM | John -; pen name of the author of The Day of the Triffids (7) |
| JOHN | Author of The Midwich Cuckoos and The Day Of The Triffids, _ Wyndham (4) |
| CRACKOFDOOM | Thunder peal of the Day of Judgement (5,2,4) |
| EDITHNESBIT | English writer, author of The Railway Children (5,6) |
| ARTHURCCLARKE | British science fiction author, creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey (6,1,6) |
| DAY | John Wyndham's classic science fiction novel, The ... Of The Triffids |
| FORSYTH | Frederick ---, author of The Day of the Jackal and The Fourth Protocol |
| HOLLY | In the British science fiction comedy Red Dwarf (from 1988), what is the name of the on-board computer played by Norman Lovett? (5) |
| THEDAY | John Wyndham's sci-fi tale of carnivorous plants, ... Of The Triffids (3,3) |
| WEST | Nathanael, author of The Day of the Locust (4) |
| GRAFFITIED | Street-sprayed in the weird age of the triffid (10) |
| DANDARE | British science fiction comic hero who first appeared in the Eagle in 1950 (3,4) |
| JUDGEDREDD | Character who first appeared in the British science fiction comic 2000 AD in March 1977 |
| AZTECS | Who are considered the originators of the Day of the Dead tradition? (6) |
| EHRENBURG | Ilya, Soviet writer, author of the novel The Thaw (9) |
| SALINGER | JD _, American writer, author of The Catcher In The Rye (1951) |