| TARKINGTON | Author of the Penrod stories and The Magnificent Ambersons, who is one of only four novelists to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice (10) |
| MORTIMER | Sir John -; QC who wrote the Horace Rumpole stories and the television comedy-drama series Under the Hammer (8) |
| ORSONWELLES | American actor and filmmaker whose films include Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons (5,6) |
| ORWELL | Nineteen eighty-Four novelist George |
| EVERYBIT | Sounds like how much parent tells child to eat at dinner? It's what drill company says it should hav |
| KITES | Birds of prey which hav forked tails (5) |
| EPIDERMIS | Me! I see a spider as hav ing an outer skin (9) |
| SOLVENTS | Sniffing agents inspire novelists to drop the first person (8) |
| TROLLOPE | Novelist's to drink, having swallowed bread (8) |
| JOANRIVERS | American comedienne and TV personality who was one of only four Americans invited to the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005 |
| GAYLE | Chris ___, West Indies cricketer who is one of only four players who have scored two triple centuries at Test level |
| MAHNA | When doubled, the title (and one of only four words in the lyrics) of a Muppets song |
| RONALDO | Brazilian footballer who is one of only two men to have won the FIFA Player of the Year award three times |
| YUL | First name of the actor who starred in The King and I and The Magnificent Seven |
| NURMI | Pavvo -; nicknamed the "Flying Finn", one of only four athletes to win nine Olympic gold medals (5) |
| STPETERS | One of only four churches which have the rank of major basilica (2,6) |
| BOOTH | Author of the novel The Magnificent Ambersons (5,10) |
| UPHAM | New Zealand soldier who is one of only three people to have been awarded the Victoria Cross twice (5) |
| JALABERT | Laurent ___, French former racing cyclist who is one of only five riders to win the points classification in all three grand tours |
| ORSON | ___ Welles, director and producer of The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) (5) |
