| ALEXMILLER | A two-time winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, which author released a selection of his notebooks and letters as A Kind of Confession in 2023? (4,6) |
| BLISS | Novel by Peter Carey that won the Miles Franklin award in 1981 |
| SHORTER | Wayne, late jazz saxophonist and member of the Miles Davis Quintet from 1964 to 1968 (7) |
| SIANGLU | Who won the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award for his novel Ghost Cities? (5,2) |
| WINNIEDUNN | A Tongan-Australian writer, whose debut novel, Dirt Poor Islanders (2024) has been shortlisted for the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award? (6,4) |
| ACRID | Sarcastic crime writer released in these times (5) |
| BELIEVER | One gives credit for his not being a doubtful character (8) |
| ITS | Not his, Not hers |
| IMPERTURBABLE | Monsieur Pirate: burble about his not being able to be shaken (13) |
| OSCAR | Cinema award which, in Australia and New Zealand, is a colloquial word for money |
| GREENBELT | Fourth grade judo award which will not attract development (5,4) |
| TONY | Award which, since 1947, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre (4) |
| SOFIELAGUNA | Whose novel, The Eye of the Sheep (2014), about a poor family struggling to cope with a difficult child, won the 2015-Miles Franklin Award? (5,6) |
| TALBINGO | Which town, the birthplace of Miles Franklin, author of My Brilliant Career (1901), was relocated to make way for the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme? (8) |
| LARRY | ___ Robinson one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history who is a two-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| BRILLIANT | Miles Franklin novel of a young woman at the beginning 20th century, My ... Career |
| AAMILNE | Which author taught himself to read at the age of two? (1,1,5) |
| DIANA | Ross who received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the American Music Awards, which were hosted by her daughter Tracee Ellis Ross |
| ALLIE | Quigley who is a two-time WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year (no relation) |
| KEEPING | Two-time winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal who illustrated many of Rosemary Sutcliff's novels for children (7) |
