| CHRISTIE | Agatha , British author who created Hercule Poirot and Kiss Marple (8) |
| AGATHA | Writer who created Hercule Poirot, ------ Christie (6) |
| HOROWITZ | Anthony ******** , British writer who created the teenage spy Alex Rider (8) |
| LAWRENCE | British author who wrote Sms And Lovers, DH _ (8) |
| JHABVALA | Ruth Prawer ---, German-born British writer who won the Booker Prize and two Oscars (8) |
| AGATHACHRISTIE | English crime writer who created detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple (6,8) |
| ISHIGUEU | Kazuo ___ (b 1954), Nagasaki-born British writer who won the Novel Prize in Literature in 2017 (8) |
| MRS | and 21ac, 1952 novel by Agatha Christie featuring the characters Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver |
| ROALDDAHL | British author who created the characters Miss Trunchbull and Mr Fox (5,4) |
| JKROWLING | British author who created the fantasy characters Draco Malfoy and Sirius Black (1,1,7) |
| DEAD | 1956 novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver (4,4,5) |
| MCGINTYSDEAD | see 11dn, 1952 novel by Agatha Christie featuring the characters Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver |
| AAMILNE | British author who created Winnie-the-Pooh: 3 wds. |
| ARTHUR | British author who created Sherlock Holmes (6,5,5) |
| CONANDOYLE | British author who created Sherlock Holmes (6,5,5) |
| AWDRY | Reverend W. ___, British author who created Thomas the Tank Engine in 1945 (5) |
| EDWARDS | Martin British author who created the character of Harry Devlin (7) |
| PRATCHETT | Late British author who created the Discworld series of comic fantasy novels (5,9) |
| TERRY | Late British author who created the Discworld series of comic fantasy novels (5,9) |
| MILNE | A. A., British author who created the fictional teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh (5) |
