| POE | American writer of macabre tales (3) |
| DALI | To some extent he's a kinky writer of macabre tales (4) |
| EAPOE | Author of macabre tales, in brief |
| POETIC | Lyrical writer of macabre stories has a twitch (6) |
| NIN | AnaAs, American author of A Spy in the House of Love (3) |
| EDGARALLANPOE | American writer of the macabre, the fantastic and the grotesque, including The Fall Of The House Of Usher (5,5,3) |
| DAN | American author of the 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code (3,5) |
| STYLUS | English going out of fashion for American writer of history |
| ASIMOV | American writer of The Galactic Empire series of novels (6) |
| ALCOTT | Surname of the American writer of Little Women (6) |
| AMERICAN | Macabre tales from the US (-------- Horror Story) |
| EDITHWHARTON | American writer of the 1905 novel The House of Mirth (5,7) |
| IRALEVIN | American writer of the 1967 horror novel Rosemary's Baby (3,5) |
| SPILLANE | American writer of gritty crime novels and creator of private eye, Mike Hammer, Mickey ... |
| ROBERTS | Nora ___, best-selling American writer of romance novels (7) |
| AARONCOPLAND | American writer of populist music like the ballet Rodeo |
| SOUTHERN | Terry - - -, American writer of Political comedy (8) |
| LOVECRAFT | H.P. --, American writer of horror stories (9) |
| MELVILLE | American writer of novels and short stories (8) |
| COBEN | Harlan ___, American writer of mystery novels |
