| CLOUGH | Arthur Hugh -; author of the verse-novel Amours de Voyage who was an assistant to his wife's cousin Florence Nightingale (6) |
| PYM | Author of novels including Excellent Women, Quartet in Autumn and A Few Green Leaves who was an assistant editor for the academic journal Africa (3) |
| DANTE | MAN WHOSE AFFAIR WITH HIS WIFE'S COUSIN WAS FORGIVEN (GH) |
| FITZROY | Captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's voyage who wrote The Weather Book, invented a barometer and founded in 1854 what became the Met Office (7) |
| PUSHKIN | Aleksandr ?, author of the verse novel Eugene Onegin |
| MAHAL | Mausoleum Shah Jahan built to his wife's memory, the Taj ... |
| SOI | Amour de ___ (self-love: Fr.) |
| LOFTING | Hugh -, author of 1920 children's novel The Story of Doctor Dolittle (7) |
| CJDENNIS | In his verse novel, who created the larrikin Bill, and the woman "of some social aspiration", Doreen? (1,1,6) |
| MACDIARMID | Hugh- ,author of 1926 poem A Drunk Man Looks a the Thistle, born Christopher Murray Grieve (10) |
| ROSTAND | Edmond, author of the verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac (7) |
| LARKIN | Philip, author of the verse collection The Whitsun Weddings (6) |
| MUNRO | Hector Hugh -; author "Saki" whose collection of short stories Beasts and Super-Beasts includes The Hen, The Quince Tree and The Lumber Room (5) |
| IBSEN | Henrik, author of the verse play Brand (5) |
| OWENMEREDITH | Pen-name of Robert Bulwer-Lytton, author of 1860 verse novel Lucile (4,8) |
| CURATE | Which member of the clergy is employed as an assistant to a rector or vicar (6) |
| WHIPPERIN | An assistant to a huntsman who controls the hounds (7-2) |
| SCENTOFAWOMAN | 1992 movie starring Al Pacino about a school student who becomes an assistant to a visually impaired Army officer: 4 wds. |
| ACOLYTE | In the Christian Church, an assistant to a priest in a religious service or procession (7) |
| AIDEDECAMP | A military figure who acts as an assistant to a senior officer (4,2,4) |
