| ROSEMACAULAY | Author of novels The World My Wilderness and The Towers of Trebizond |
| ROSE | Author of novels The World My Wilderness and The Towers of Trebizond |
| MACAULAY | Author of novels The World My Wilderness and The Towers of Trebizond (4,8) |
| SCOTT | Author of the Raj Quartet comprising The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence and A Division of the Spoils (5) |
| CHANTRYPIGG | Father Hugh, a character in Rose Macaulay's novel The Towers of Trebizond (7-4) |
| WELLS | H G ?, author of novels The World Set Free and The Wonderful Visit |
| TWO | The - Towers, second volume of The Lord of the Rings (3) |
| PRISONS | The Bastille and the Tower of London, historically |
| ISAIAH | Source of "I am making a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert" |
| SOUVESTRE | Emile ?, author of 1846 science fiction novel The World As It Will Be |
| JOHNIRVING | Author whose novel The World According to Garp was adapted for the movie: 2 wds. |
| OLIVER | ___ Jackson-Cohen, star of films Wilderness and Mr Malcolm's List (6) |
| HGWELLS | In his 1914 novel The World Set Free, who coined the term "atomic bomb"? (1,1,5) |
| ERNE | Bird of wilderness and loughs (4) |
| EMMETT | Peaky Blinders and The Tower actor, _ J Scanlan (6) |
| NIAMH | - - - Cusack, actress who appeared in Heartbeat and The Tower (5) |
| ATOM | ___ bomb nuclear weapon which was first mentioned in the sci-fi novel The World Set Free by HG Wells |
| TOGARP | John Irving's fourth novel, The World According ... (2,4) |
| GARP | Robin Williams film adapted from John Irving's fourth novel, The World According to ___ |
| MINARETS | Rats live in mine - in the towers! (8) |
