| PATON | Alan ?, author of the novels Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope (5) |
| HOLLINGHURST | Alan ?, author of novels The Sparsholt Affair and The Stranger's Child |
| KORDA | Zoltan, director of the films Cry, the Beloved Country and A Woman's Vengeance (5) |
| ZOLTANKORDA | Director of the films Cry, the Beloved Country and A Woman's Vengeance (6,5) |
| SUGAR | Alan ?, founder of the company Amstrad; star of BBC TV show The Apprentice (5) |
| ALANPATON | Author of Cry the Beloved Country, _ _ (4,5) |
| ALAN | South African author of Cry, the Beloved Country (4,5) |
| EXTRA | Late, the man rises to get the paper (5) |
| LOPED | Ran a little late, the silly dope (5) |
| ARKIN | Alan ?, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (5) |
| DOBIE | Alan ?, actor who played the title role in 1980s ITV police drama series Cribb (5) |
| BEITH | Alan ?, 1973-2015 MP for Berwick upon Tweed; 1992-2003 Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats |
| WEIRD | “One of God's own prototypes. [...] Too ____ to live, and too rare to die.” (Hunter S Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) |
| SOUTHAFRICA | "Cry, the Beloved Country" country |
| SILLITOE | Alan -; author of the novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and short story The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (8) |
| DELAY | Make late: - the start |
| UNDUE | One in French, two in Italian and too much in English (5) |
| ASNER | American actor whose films included JFK and Too Big To Fail, Ed _ (5) |
| KUMALO | "Cry, The Beloved Country" surname |
| LOMAX | Alan ?, American musicologist whose books include Mister Jelly Roll (5) |
