| OLIVERGOLDSMITH | Anglo-Irish novelist and dramatist born in 1728 noted for his novel The Vicar Of Wakefield (6,9) |
| CHARLESPRIMROSE | The vicar in Oliver Goldsmith's novel 'The Vicar of Wakefield' (7,8) |
| GOLDSMITH | Author of the 1766 novel The Vicar Of Wakefield, Oliver _ (9) |
| ADDISON | Joseph, essayist and dramatist born in 1672 who founded The Spectator magazine (7) |
| DRYDEN | John ___, English poet and dramatist born in 1631 whose plays include All for Love (6) |
| HARDY | Novelist, poet and dramatist born in 1840 at Upper Bockhampton near Dorchester |
| CONGREVE | William, dramatist born in 1670 noted for his play The Way Of The World (8) |
| THEBEGGARSOPERA | Satirical musical work first performed in 1728 (3,7,5) |
| MURDOCH | Anglo-Irish novelist who taught philosophy at Oxford for some 15 years, later winning the Booker Prize for her exploration of the human psyche in The Sea, The Sea (7) |
| IONESCO | Eugene, dramatist born in Romania and a pioneer of the Theatre of the Absurd (7) |
| OLIVER | _ Goldsmith, Anglo-Irish novelist whose works included The Vicar Of Wakefield (6) |
| TREVOR | William, Irish novelist and short story writer noted for his novel Fools of Fortune (6) |
| HEMINGWAY | Ernest ___ American novelist who is famous for his novel The Old Man and the Sea |
| DAMONGALGUT | South African novelist and playwright awarded the 2021 Booker Prize for his novel The Promise (5,6) |
| FORDMADOXFORD | English writer and critic noted for his novel The Good Soldier published in 1915 (4,5,4) |
| STENDHAL | Pen name of French writer noted for his novel 'The Charterhouse of Parma' (8) |
| DONLEAVY | J. P. ___, U.S.-Irish writer noted for his novel The Ginger Man, published in 1955 (8) |
| SEA | Ernest Hemingway won a Nobel Prize in 1954 for his novel The Old Man And The ... |
| READE | Charles, writer noted for his novel The Cloister And The Hearth (5) |
| KUNDERA | Milan, late Czech writer noted for his novel The Unbearable Lightness Of Being (7) |
