| RUMERGODDEN | Author of 1955 novel An Episode of Sparrows |
| GODDEN | Author of 1955 novel An Episode of Sparrows (5,6) |
| RUMER | Author of 1955 novel An Episode of Sparrows (5,6) |
| KEMAL | Yasar ?, Turkish author of 1955 novel Memed, My Hawk (5) |
| AMIS | Kingsley ?, author of 1955 novel That Uncertain Feeling (4) |
| TROLLOPE | Joanna -, author of novel An Unsuitable Match (8) |
| LOTI | Pierre ___ (French author of 1886 novel An Iceland Fisherman) |
| HOSTS | Flocks of sparrows; innkeepers; or, comperes of quiz shows etc (5) |
| BAINBRIDGE | Author of The Dressmaker, whose novel An Awfully Big Adventure was adapted into a film directed by Bafta winner Mike Newell (10) |
| BRINK | Author of the novels An Act of Terror and Other Lives (5,5) |
| ANDRE | Author of the novels An Act of Terror and Other Lives (5,5) |
| APASSAGETOINDIA | Novel (an extract an idiot used) (1,7,2,5) |
| HOST | An army, flock of sparrows or other great multitude; the sun, moon and stars; one who lodges/entertains guests; or, a Eucharistic wafer (4) |
| ROWS | Lines of sparrows (4) |
| MANSELL | Jill ___, author of novels An Offer You Can't Refuse and Millie's Fling (7) |
| BERYLBAINBRIDGE | ____'s novel An Awfully Big Adventure was filmed in 1995 |
| OBSESSION | Colleen McCullough novel, An Indecent ... |
| ROMAN | Novel's an interminable book (5) |
| ASPARAGUS | Shoots/spears of "sparrow-grass" called the "king of vegetables" by Louis XIV and often depicted in bundles in banquet pieces or other still lifes (9) |
| STOUT | Head of sparrow hawk is sturdy (5) |
