| FELIXSALTEN | Austrian author and critic who wrote Bambi, A Life In The Woods (1923) (5,6) |
| SALTEN | Felix ---, Austrian author and critic whose most famous work was Bambi, A Life In The Woods (6) |
| HAWTHORNE | Author and critic who was the model for the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart character Sheridan Whiteside |
| ALEXANDER | Author and critic who was the model for the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart character Sheridan Whiteside (9,9) |
| WOOLLCOTT | Author and critic who was the model for the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart character Sheridan Whiteside (9,9) |
| FLETT | Kathryn, author and critic who featured in the Grumpy Old Women TV series (5) |
| ANDREBRETON | French poet, essayist and critic who wrote the Surrealist Manifesto in 1924 (5,6) |
| CHARLESLAMB | English essayist and critic who wrote under the pen name Elia |
| FAWNS | Youngsters in Felix Salten's "Bambi: A Life in the Woods" |
| TAKESDAMAGE | Loses a life in a video game, e.g. |
| COLERIDGE | Samuel Taylor ---, English poet and critic who wrote The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (9) |
| EMILEZOLA | 19th-century French novelist and critic who wrote the open letter J'accuse during the Dreyfus Affair (5,4) |
| BAMBI | 1923 book subtitled "A Life in the Woods" |
| EMPSON | William -; poet and critic who wrote Seven Types of Ambiguity (6) |
| BUTLER | Samuel ___ (1835 - 1902), English novelist and critic who wrote Erewhon (1872) (6) |
| ROBERTGRAVES | Novelist, poet and critic who wrote I, Claudius |
| MARINAWARNER | Author and critic whose works include "The Lost Father" and "The Leto Bundle" |
| KAEL | Subject of the bio "A Life in the Dark" |
| SHELTERED | Yet civilians lived such a life in the war (9) |
| EGONRONAY | Hungarian-born food critic who wrote and published a series of guides to British and Irish restaurants and hotels (4,5) |