| DAUDET | Alphonse -, author of 1869 short story collection Lettres de Mon Moulin (6) |
| CACHET | Lettre de cachet (6) |
| SUMACH | Hard homme de lettres climbing a tree (6) |
| AREOLA | Alphonse, French goalkeeper who joined West Ham United FC in 2022 (6) |
| JACOBS | W W -, English author of 1902 short story collection The Lady of the Barge (6) |
| BIERCE | Ambrose, American author of 1891 short story collection Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (6) |
| EGGERS | Dave ?, author of 2004 short story collection How We Are Hungry (6) |
| CARVER | Raymond ?, author of 1983 short story collection Cathedral (6) |
| CHIANG | Ted ___, author of the best-selling short-story collection "Exhalation" |
| BLACKMORE | R D ?, author of 1869 novel Lorna Doone |
| POIROT | 1924 short story collection by Agatha Christie (6,12) |
| ASIMOV | Isaac ___, author and biochemist noted for his I, Robot short story collection |
| SHEETS | 1978 short story collection by Ian McEwan (2,7,3,6) |
| SPROUT | Grow up with short story collection (6) |
| LESSER | "Birds of a Paradise" (short story collection) |
| IROBOT | 1950 sci-fi short story collection by Isaac Asimov |
| CARVERDOONE | Outlawed villain in an RD Blackmore novel of 1869 (6,5) |
| BANKDOCUMENTGUARANTEEINGCUSTOM | Lettre de creance |
| LETTEROFCREDIT | Lettre de creance |
| VOLTAIRE | Nom de plume of Francois-Marie Arouet, the dramatist and philosopher during the Enlightenment who wrote Lettres Philosophiques and Candide (8) |
