| EDGARALLANPOE | Author of 20/49 Across |
| ALCHEMY | 13-, 20-, 49- and 57-Across, commonly? |
| MAUGHAM | Orphaned at a young age, the author of 20 novels including Cakes and Ale and semi-autobiographical work Of Human Bondage (7) |
| DRABBLE | Author of 20 novels including A Summer Bird-Cage, The Peppered Moth and The Pure Gold Baby (7) |
| VERNE | Never to reveal the author of 20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. (5) |
| HOMER | Pigeon for writer of 20 (5) |
| LAWES | Author of "Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing" |
| JULESVERNE | Author of Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (5,5) |
| CHARLES | With 40 Across, author of 20 Across |
| YANNMARTEL | Author of 20-Across |
| GHOSTWRITER | Hired pen ... or, punnily, the author of 20-, 36- and 43-Across? |
| LAUGHINGOUTLOUD | Bit of textspeak, unshortened ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 27- and 49- Across |
| STEEP | Like the sides of a 49- Across |
| SWEATERWEATHER | Colloquial term for crisp autumn climates, or a description of 20-Across, 25-Across, or 49-Across |
| BUMPHEADS | Disagree ... or, literally, what the last words of 18-, 23-, 35-, and 49- Across can be |
| BROKEN | With 49- Across, it keeps repeating itself ... and, based on the first and last letters, an apt description of each answer to a starred clue |
| ARID | Like the 49- Across |
| SUSHI | Dish accompanied by 49- Across |
| ARENAS | 49- Across venues |
| PEDI | See 49- Across |
