| GASKELL | Author of Cranford (7) |
| MRSGASKELL | English female novelist, author of Cranford (3,7) |
| ELIZABETHGASKELL | The author of Cranford |
| ROTH | 1853 novel by the author of Cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell (4) |
| DAMEJUDIDENCH | Female star of Cranford (4,4,5) |
| LACOCK | Wiltshire village, popular TV/ film location e.g. of 'Cranford' (6) |
| ELIZABETH | And 26 19th Century author whose works included the novels Mary Barton and Cranford (9,7) |
| IMRIE | Surname of Celia who played Lady Glenmire in the 2007 period drama Cranford (5) |
| CHESHIRE | County where Elizabeth Gaskell set Cranford (8) |
| EILEEN | Doc Martin and Cranford actress, - - Atkins (6) |
| ANNIS | Francesca - - -, London-born actress whose credits include Reckless and Cranford (5) |
| DENCH | Actress whose television roles include As Time Goes By and Cranford (5) |
| FRANCESCAANNIS | Bafta-winning actress who appeared as Lady Ludlow in the TV series Cranford |
| FRANCESCA | _ Annis, British actress and six-time BAFTA TV Award nominee who starred in Dune and Cranford (9) |
| DELANEY | Shelagh, author of the 1958 stage play A Taste of Honey (7) |
| WHARTON | Edith, author of the novels The Mother's Recompense and The House of Mirth (7) |
| LEONARD | and 16dn, Author of the novels Get Shorty and Freaky Deaky (6,7) |
| HAMMETT | Dashiell, author of the novel The Maltese Falcon (7) |
| THOREAU | Henry David ___, US author of 1849 essay Civil Disobedience (7) |
| RICHARD | Author of the novels Maia and Watership Down (7,5) |
