| NOAHWEBSTER | American lexicographer who published his first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English L |
| WEBSTER | Lexicographer noted for his 1806 publication A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language; or, the dramatist who wrote The Duchess of Malfi (7) |
| TOLIFE | English "L'chaim!" |
| ROGET | British physician and lexicographer who published a thesaurus in 1852 (5) |
| DESCRIBE | Outline of first dictionary by English writer (8) |
| HOPI | Language whose first dictionary was published in 1998 |
| DRJOHNSON | Name by which the lexicographer who wrote A Dictionary of the English Language and Lives of the Most |
| LLOYDWEBBER | English composer of musicals who published his first piece at the age of nine, Andrew ... (5,6) |
| CARR | Author of novels including A Day in Summer and A Month in the Country who published his Dictionary of Extraordinary English Cricketers under his imprint The Quince Tree Press (4) |
| JOHNSON | Samuel -; lexicographer who wrote A Dictionary of the English Language (7) |
| ALEC | ___ Greven How To Talk to Girls author who published his first book at the age of 9 |
| MARKTWAIN | American author who published his first short story at age 30 |
| BRET | ___ Easton Ellis Less Than Zero author who published his first book while he was still a student |
| PAOLINI | Christopher ___ Eragon author who published his first book when he was a teen |
| FLORIO | Lexicographer who wrote the dictionary A Worlde of Wordes (6) |
| GORDON | ___ Korman This Can't Be Happening at Mcdonald Hall author who published his first book when he was a teen |
| USAGE | A Dictionary of Modern English -; style guide by the lexicographer who compiled the first Concise Ox |
| WEBSTERS | Published in 1828 as An American Dictionary of the English Language, what is this dictionary better known as? (8) |
| BURKE | John ___, Irish genealogist who first published his Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1826 |
| SAMUELJOHNSON | 18th-century writer of A Dictionary Of The English Language (6,7) |
