| CORNWELL | Bernard -; author who wrote the Sharpe books as well as The Last Kingdom series of novels including Sword Song (8) |
| BRANDY | Fine met by including S African currency (6) |
| NAIRN | Major-General --, a character in the 'Sharpe' series of novels by Bernard Cornwell (5) |
| FINEANDDANDY | Book, as well as swell, is very well (4,3,5) |
| FOLLETT | Ken -; author of the Kingsbridge series of novels including The Pillars of the Earth,World Without End and The Evening and the Morning (7) |
| CHRONICLES | The - of Narnia; C. S. Lewis's series of novels including Prince Caspian, The Silver Chair and The Last Battle (10) |
| CHILD | Pen name of the author who wrote the Jack Reacher series of novels including Killing Floor, Tripwire, One Shot, A Wanted Man and Night School (5) |
| GALBRAITH | Robert -; pen name under which J. K. Rowling wrote the Cormoran Strike series of novels including The Cuckoo's Calling (9) |
| HIGSON | Charlie ?, author of the Young Bond series of novels, including SilverFin and Blood Fever |
| MALAMUD | Bernard, author of the novels The Assistant and The Fixer (7) |
| SONYA | The Last Kingdom and The Man Who Fell To Earth star, _ Cassidy (5) |
| CLERKIN | Cavan _, Pulling actor who appears in The Last Kingdom (7) |
| GERARD | _ Kearns, appeared in BBC's The Last Kingdom (6) |
| TOBY | Stars as Aethelred on The Last Kingdom, - Regbo (4) |
| EMILYCOX | Austrian actress of The Last Kingdom (5,3) |
| JOSEPH | Jack hopes to alter Mr Millson in The Last Kingdom (6) |
| SHAW | George Bernard, author of the play Pygmalion (4) |
| PEEL | Their P50 entered the record books as the world's smallest production car (4) |
| BALOO | Who is described in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book as "the sleepy brown bear"? (5) |
| OBRIEN | James, LBC broadcaster and author of such books as How To Be Right (6) |
