| GINSBERG | Allen _, late US author best known for the 1955 poem Howl (8) |
| FAULKNER | William ___ , late US author of 1930's As I Lay Dying (8) |
| REMARQUE | German-born US author best-known for the 1929 World War I novel All Quiet on the Western Front (5,5,8) |
| KENKESEY | US author best known for the 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (3,5) |
| ALCOTT | Louisa May_, late US author who mob We women in 1868(6) |
| ERICH | German-born US author best-known for the 1929 World War I novel All Quiet on the Western Front (5,5,8) |
| MARIA | German-born US author best-known for the 1929 World War I novel All Quiet on the Western Front (5,5,8) |
| RICE | US author best known for creating the character of Tarzan, Edgar _ Burroughs (4) |
| SINCLAIR | Late US author whose novels include The Jungle, Upton_(8) |
| SALMINEO | American actor nominated for an Oscar for the 1955 film Rebel Without A Cause (3,5) |
| FRANKLIN | Aretha _, late US singer who died in 2018 (8) |
| MCKNIGHT | Allen ___, 1987-1989 Northern Ireland and 1988-1991 West Ham United goalkeeper (8) |
| JDSALINGER | US writer best known for The Catcher in the Rye (1,1,8) |
| ITSNOTME | Lily Allen "___, It's You" |
| THOREAU | Henry David ___, US writer best known for Walden, or Life in the Woods |
| SINCLAIRLEWIS | Babbitt was one of this US author's best-known books |
| ROBERTJORDAN | Late US author of the series of fantasy novels The Wheel of Time (6,6) |
| ERNESTBORGNINE | Best Actor Oscar-winner for the 1955 film Marty |
| TWAIN | Late US author who created the character of Tom Sawyer, Mark _ (5) |
| HOWL | 1955 poem by Allen Ginsberg that was the subject of a 1957 obscenity trial |
