| SHEL | Artist & writer Silverstein |
| TOVEJANSSON | Multidisciplinary artist and writer, she is the originator of the iconic "Moomin" characters, and lived out her retirement with her partner on a tiny Finnish island. |
| MORTDRUCKER | Mad artist and writer |
| ARABIC | Language from American artist and writer (6) |
| MORRIS | William ?, artist and writer who founded the Kelmscott Press in 1891 |
| KATEGREENAWAY | Victorian artist and writer, known for her children's book illustrations (4,9) |
| LEONORA | ____ Carrington, English-born Mexican surrealist artist and writer born in 1917 (7) |
| REFRAME | Express differently note by female artist and writer (7) |
| QUENTINBLAKE | Artist and writer who illustrated many of Roald Dahl's books (7,5) |
| DRAMATIST | A little alcohol, right, ignored by artist and writer (9) |
| NOLAN | Sidney -, artist and author (5) |
| NORMANLINDSAY | Australian artist and author who wrote the children's classic The Magic Pudding (6,7) |
| BARONMUNCHAUSEN | Noble artist and author lacking time for boastful adventurer |
| ARABICA | Artist and writer among group trying not to drink coffee, potentially (7) |
| ARMADILLO | "If you should ever choose / To bathe an ___, / Use one bar of soap / And a whole lot of hope / And seventy-two pads of Brillo": Shel Silverstein |
| POETS | Sandburg and Silverstein |
| TORTOISES | Pets named Mary Shelly and Shell Silverstein, perhaps |
| TREE | "The Giving ___" (children's book by Shel Silverstein) |
| ABOYNAMEDSUE | Hit for Johnny written by Shel Silverstein |
| GIVINGTREE | Shel Silverstein book, with "The": 2 wds. |
