| KOESTLER | Arthur ---, Hungarian-born author of Darkness at Noon and The Sleepwalkers |
| NIECE | "The Case of the Sleepwalker's --", a Perry Mason story by Erle Stanley Gardner (5) |
| WHITE | T. H. -; author of Darkness at Pemberley, The Once and Future King and The Goshawk (5) |
| NIGHTCLOTHES | They're presumably for the sleepwalkers worn out on late shift (12) |
| NONENTITY | Who doesn't count time in tiny bits, after noon and the next hour? |
| FORTNIGHT | A couple of weeks of darkness at the stronghold (9) |
| NIGHTINGALES | They sing of darkness at home with things met office warns of (12) |
| MEALTIMES | Lunch at noon and dinner at 5pm and, of course, it's against the clock! (9) |
| BRAINTEASERS | "What walks on four dino legs in the morning, four dino legs at noon and four dino legs in the evening?" and other riddles? |
| BRONTOSAURUS | "What walks on four dino legs in the morning, four dino legs at noon and four dino legs in the evening?" and other riddles? |
| EVEN | "Darkness at the break of noon shadows ___ the silver spoon" |
| BITOFAMYSTERY | What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening? That's puzzling! (3,2,1,7) |
| ECLIPSE | Darkness at noon? |
| TOTALECLIPSE | Darkness at noon (2 wds.) |
| ARTHURKOESTLER | Darkness at Noon writer (6,8) |
| MOLNAR | Ferenc ___, Hungarian-born writer whose play Liliom was adapted into the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel |
| EGON | Hungarian-born writer and food critic, - - - Ronay (4) |
| LEQUEUX | William -, London-born author of novels The House of Whispers and The Four Faces |
| ELIZABETHBOWEN | Irish-born author of Eva Trout and The Heat of the Day |
| ONION | I arrive at noon and you get in a stew (5) |
