| JACKLONDON | American author, journalist and social activist who wrote The Call of the Wild (4,6) |
| JERRYRUBIN | American social activist who wrote the 1970 book, DO IT!: Scenarios of the Revolution |
| OSSIEDAVIS | US actor, director, poet, playwright, author and social activist who played Da Mayor in Spike Lee's 1989 film Do the Right Thing |
| HUNTERDAVIES | Author, journalist and broadcaster who wrote the only authorised biography of The Beatles |
| WALKER | Alice ___, US author and social activist who wrote the novel The Color Purple |
| COBBETT | William ___, English journalist and social reformer who founded The Political Register and wrote Rural Rides |
| MARGARETFULTON | British-born Australian food and cooking guru, writer, journalist and author (8,6) |
| DANIELDEFOE | English writer, journalist, and pamphleteer best known for his novel Robinson Crusoe |
| GRACEPALEY | Author and activist who wrote, "It is the poet's responsibility to learn the truth from the powerless" |
| LONDON | What was the surname of Jack, the US novelist who wrote The Call of the Wild? (6) |
| PETESEEGER | American folk singer and social activist (1919-2014) (4,6) |
| DANSTEVENS | Downton Abbey actor who plays Hal in the 2020 remake of The Call of the Wild: 2 wds. |
| CORNELWEST | Philosopher and activist who wrote "Race Matters" |
| HPLOVECRAFT | Classic horror author who wrote "The Call of Cthulhu": 3 wds. |
| LOVECRAFT | Horror author who wrote "The Call of Cthulhu" |
| ARUNDHATIROY | Author and activist who wrote "The God of Small Things" |
| PAINE | Thomas ___ (1737 - 1809), political activist who wrote The Rights of Man ((1791 - 92) (5) |
| WANGARI | Kenyan environmental and social activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (first name only) |
| CALLOWAY | Cab ---, bandleader who co-wrote the call-and-response song Minnie the Moocher |
| DEDE | ___ Mirabal, Dominican activist who wrote the 2009 memoir, "Vivas en Su Jardin" |
