| CORNWELL | Bernard ___, author who created rifleman Richard Sharpe (8) |
| SHAW | George Bernard ___, author of 1904 stage play John Bull's Other Island (4) |
| MALAMUD | Bernard ___, author of the 1952 baseball novel The Natural |
| SEANBEAN | Actor who portrayed British Colonel Richard Sharpe (4,4) |
| SPILLANE | Mickey ___, author who created Mike Hammer (8) |
| TOWNSEND | Sue _, author who created diarist Adrian Mole (8) |
| ATKINSON | Kate ___, writer who created investigator Jackson Brodie (8) |
| MCCARTHY | Cormac _, author who wrote the 2005 novel No Country For Old Men (8) |
| FLANAGAN | Richard ___ author who won the Man Booker Prize in 2014 for The Narrow Road to the Deep North |
| THEVENET | Bernard ___, cyclist who won the 1977 Tour De France (8) |
| BRESSLAW | Bernard ___, comedy actor who played Little Heap in 1965 film Carry On Cowboy (8) |
| HERRMANN | Bernard ___, Best Music, Original Score Oscar nominee for Obsession and Taxi Driver (8) |
| CRIBBINS | Bernard ___, Carry On actor (8) |
| PILLAGER | Maybe rifleman curled lip, given alcoholic drink (8) |
| GUNSMITH | Might sun upset rifleman? (8) |
| SAYERS | Dorothy L ___, author who created the characters Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane |
| MILNE | A A _, author who created Winnie-the-pooh (5) |
| CHILD | Lee _, author who created Jack Reacher (5) |
| ALDISS | Brian ___, author who created the planet Helliconia (6) |
| SMITH | Alexander Mccall _, author who created The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (5) |
