| VOLTAIRE | Author of the satirical novel Candide |
| ORWELL | George _, author of the satirical novel Animal Farm (6) |
| HERBERT | Humourist who wrote the satirical novel Holy Deadlock, regularly contributed towards Punch and intro |
| TWAIN | Author of the satirical anti-imperialist essay "To the Person Sitting in Darkness" |
| BUTLER | Samuel, author of the satirical work Erewhon (6) |
| ANGUS | First name of the satirical writer Wilson, author of Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (5) |
| PARIS | Location of the offices of the satirical weekly newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" |
| LISAKUDROW | Star of the satirical comedy "The Comeback" |
| NEDSHERRIN | Producer of the satirical TV programme 'That Was the Week That Was' (3,7) |
| CHARLIEBROOKER | Creator of sci-fi anthology series Black Mirror and presenter of the satirical review show Screenwipe |
| PANGLOSS | Professor in the 1759 novel Candide by Voltaire |
| TOMWOLFE | US writer of the 1987 satirical novel The Bonfire of the Vanities (3,5) |
| STRONG | Jeremy ___ The Trial of the Chicago 7 star who plays Kendall Roy in the satirical drama series Succession |
| GOREVIDAL | Author of the controversial 1968 satirical novel Myra Breckinridge |
| FROST | David ---, TV host and journalist who presented the satirical show That Was The Week That Was in the 1960s (5) |
| NASHE | Which English writer wrote the satirical masque Summer's Last Will and Testament (1600) and claims the picaresque The Unfortunate Traveller (1594) as his most famous work? (5) |
| MILLICENT | ___ Martin, singer of topical songs on the satirical TV show That Was the Week That Was |
| VANITIES | The Bonfire of the --------, a 1987 satirical novel by US writer Tom Wolfe (8) |
| YAHOO | One of the types of legendary being in Jonathan Swift's satirical novel Gulliver's Travels (5) |
| HUCKLEBERRY | Adventures of ___ Finn satirical novel written by Mark Twain which is a direct sequel to the Adventures of Tom Sawyer |