| BURNEY | Also known by her married name Madame D'Arblay, author of Evelina, Cecilia and Letters and Diaries (6) |
| FANNYBURNEY | Novelist whose works include Evelina, Cecilia and Camilla (5,6) |
| CORNISH | Aussie actress who is also known by her rap name MC Dusk, Abbie - (7) |
| FANNY | ___ Burney, author of Evelina (5) |
| TILDA | Actor who played Madame D in 2014's The Grand Budapest Hotel, ----- Swinton (5) |
| NICOLSON | Author of Diaries and Letters and biographies of figures including Tennyson, Byron and Swinburne who lived at Sissinghurst Castle with his wife Vita Sackville-West (8) |
| SNAILMAIL | Postcards and letters and such |
| BABEDIDRIKSON | Athlete who won the javelin and 80m hurdles at the 1932 Olympics, and under her married name, three US Women's Opens in golf |
| MOTHERJONES | Byname (based on her married name) of Irish-born Mary Harris, a high-profile agitator for the rights of workers in 19th/20th-century USA (6,5) |
| EDNA | She reveals part of her married name (4) |
| ORA | "Evelina; ___ Young Lady's Entrance into the World" (18th century novel) |
| CHER | Singer/actress known by her first name, part of 1960s duo with her then husband (4) |
| ZENDAYA | Star of film Malcolm & Marie and TV series Euphoria, known by her first name (7) |
| GARFUNKEL | One half of a duo whose final album, in 1970, included The Boxer, Cecilia and El Condor Pasa (9) |
| VIRGINIAWOOLF | She was christened Adeline in 1882, but which English writer never used this name and was always known by her middle name? (8,5) |
| ELEANORA | American jazz and swing singer (1915-1959) better known by her professional name Billie Holiday (8,5) |
| FAGAN | American jazz and swing singer (1915-1959) better known by her professional name Billie Holiday (8,5) |
| BELL | Member of the Bloomsbury Group who painted Christmas Decorations and shared her married surname in question with a chiming or jingling campana that is a traditional symbol of Noel or Christmas-tide (4 |
| BRIONY | Sister of Cecilia and Leon in Atonement (6) |
| CAPRICE | ___ Bourret, model, mainly known by her first name, taking part on Dancing On Ice this year (pictured bottom) (7) |
