| BROOKNER | Anita -, author of novels The Bay of Angels and Hotel du Lac |
| NICE | Seaport on the Bay of Angels and main city of the French Riviera (4) |
| DESAI | Anita -, author of the novels In Custody and The Village by the Sea (5) |
| LOOS | Anita author of novels No Mother to Guide Her and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (4) |
| BROWN | Author of Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code and other novels in the series featuring the symbolist character Robert Langdon (5) |
| EDITHHOPE | Who is the author of sunny romances in Anita Brookner's novel Hotel du Lac (1984) (5,4) |
| ANITABROOKNER | English author of novels including 1984's Booker Prize-winning Hotel du Lac (5,8) |
| ANNAMASSEY | English actress whose roles include Edith Hope in the 1986 TV adaptation of Hotel du Lac and Babs Milligan in Alfred Hitchcock's 1972 film Frenzy |
| BROOXNER | Anita -, Hotel du Lac author |
| CLAUDE | Rains disrupted penultimate take of Hotel du Lac |
| HIERARCHY | Word, derived from a ranking system of angels and heavenly beings, for the pecking order of a group of people within an organisation or society (9) |
| ANITA | ___ Brookner, "Hotel du Lac" author (5) |
| LEAPING | On the rise, she finally featured in City of Angels and You've Got Mail (7) |
| CATTLE | The town Ste. Rose du lac is known as the '___ Capital of Manitoba' |
| POPE | Leader who dies at the beginning of "Angels & Demons" |
| LANCELOT | Sir ___ du Lac, a knight of the Round Table (8) |
| ROSE | Sainte ___ du Lac (The 'Cattle Capital of Manitoba') |
| LOSANGELES | City of angels and Dodgers (3,7) |
| RON | Director Howard of "Angels and Demons" |
| EWAN | ___ McGregor of Angels and Demons |
