| MARR | Andrew -, author of 2015 novel Children of the Master (4) |
| GROSS | Andrew -, author of the novels Reckless and One Mile Under |
| IRAN | Setting of the novel Children of the Jacaranda Tree |
| SCRUTON | Roger ?, English philosopher; author of 2015 novel The Disappeared |
| ISRAEL | and 5dn, British humorist and writer whose works include the novel Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People and the play The Melting Pot |
| ZANGWILL | see 6dn, British humorist and writer whose works include the novel Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People and the play The Melting Pot |
| LEE | Harper ___, author of 2015 novel Go Set a Watchman (3) |
| MASS | The sheer size of the master's swollen head (4) |
| DEAN | Author Koontz who wrote the 2015 novel "Saint Odd" |
| LAST | The Heart Goes ___ 2015 novel by Margaret Atwood in which people have to swap their homes with prison cells every month in a dystopian future |
| ETTA | "___ and Otto and Russell and James" (2015 novel) |
| INMY | 2015 novel by Alex Hourston (2,2,5) |
| AILES | Author of "You Are the Message: Secrets of the Master Communicators" |
| SUEGRAFTON | Author of the Kinsey Millhone mysteries who wrote the 2015 novel "X": 2 wds. |
| MUSICIANSHIP | The skill of the master instrumentalist who didn't miss the boat? (12) |
| AUDRELORDE | Author of "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House" |
| ARTSTUDENT | Draws on lecturers' advice in the study of the master (3,7) |
| IBSEN | Henrik _; author of The Master Builder (5) |
| ICARUS | In Greek mythology, the son of the master craftsman Daedalus (6) |
| HEADSTONE | The sound of the master's voice is of grave significance |
