| OKRI | Ben, author of the novels The Famished Road and In Arcadia (4) |
| OKRA | Ben ___, author of novels The Famished Road and In Arcadia (4) |
| BENOKRI | Author of novels The Famished Road and In Arcadia (3,4) |
| BEN | Author of novels The Famished Road and In Arcadia (3,4) |
| ROAD | The Famished - - -, Ben Okri novel (4) |
| ITOO | "___ was born in Arcadia" |
| CASE | John ?, author of the novels The First Horseman and The Genesis Code; pseudonym of Jim and Carolyn Hougan (4) |
| POUSSIN | French classical artist who painted A Dance to the Music of Time, the Venetian-inspired The Nurture of Bacchus, the pastoral Et in Arcadia ego and The Four Seasons series (7) |
| AZARO | The spirit child narrator of Ben Okri's The Famished Road (5) |
| ELTON | Ben, author of the novels Stark and Popcorn (5) |
| SHAH | Eddy ?, author of the novels The Lucy Ghosts and Ring of Red Roses (4) |
| SNOW | CP, author of the novels The Masters and Time of Hope (4) |
| HECHT | Ben, author of the screenplay for the Alfred Hitchcock film Spellbound (5) |
| ROTH | Philip ___, author of the novels The Plot Against America and Portnoy's Complaint (4) |
| EGAN | Jennifer ?, author of the novels The Keep and Look at Me (4) |
| SETH | Vikram ___, author of the novels The Golden Gate and An Equal Music (4) |
| ERTZ | Susan ___, author of the novels The Proselyte and Madame Claire (4) |
| TRAVERS | Ben --, author of the farce 'Rookery Nook' (7) |
| HOUR | Author of the novels The Untouchable and Traitor's Kiss (6,7) |
| JONSON | Ben -, author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 (6) |