| ANDREBRETON | Author of the first Surrealist Manifesto in 1924 |
| BRETON | Andre ___, French poet who published the first Surrealist manifesto in 1924 (6) |
| NASHE | Thomas ___, author of the first picaresque novel in English, The Unfortunate Traveller, or the Life of Jack Wilton |
| POE | Author of the first detective story The Murders in the Rue Morgue |
| BUNUEL | Luis ___, Spanish film director who collaborated with Salvador Dali on the first surrealist films, Un Chien andalou and L'Age d'or |
| JOHNFLORIO | Author of the first English translation of Boccacio, and the first comprehensive Italian-English dictionary (1598) |
| MATTHEW | Apostle and author of the first Gospel in the New Testament |
| HGWELLS | Author of The First Men In The Moon (1,1,5) |
| CATO | ? The Elder, Roman politician and general, author of the first history of Rome (4) |
| MARINETTI | Filippo ____, Italian author of the Futurist Manifesto in 1909 |
| PLINY | Roman author of the first century |
| SAINTMATTHEW | Traditional author of the first Gospel |
| IAM | Self-introduction by the writer of the first gospel (1,2,7) |
| SHAH | Union Minister who launched the BJP manifesto in Bengal. (Last name) (4) |
| LOVELACE | Ada _; writer of the first computer program (8) |
| TRENTDALTON | Writer of the first musical, pared down to include singer (5,6) |
| ANTOINEPEVSNER | With his brother Gabo, which Russian-born French artist published the Realistic Manifesto in 1920 an |
| TZARA | Tristan Romanian-born French poet who wrote the second Dada manifesto in 1918 (5) |
| MARKS | Symbols offered by man with manifesto in speech (5) |
| PRONUNCIAMENTO | Count on main rep possibly producing manifesto in Spain (14) |
