| JAMESHADLEYCHASE | Best-known pseudonym of the British writer Rene Brabazon Raymond whose books include No Orchids for Miss Blandish |
| DODGSON | Surname of the British author who used the pen name Lewis Carroll (7) |
| MCBAIN | Ed ____ was novelist Evan Hunter’s best-known pseudonym |
| OUIDA | Well-known pseudonym |
| ANATOLEFRANCE | Well-known pseudonym. |
| GRISSOMGANG | 'The --- ---', 1971 film starring Kim Darby based on the novel No Orchids for Miss Blandish (7,4) |
| THEGRISSOM | 1971 crime drama film starring Kim Darby based on James Hadley Chase novel No Orchids for Miss Blandish |
| THEGRISSOMGANG | 1971 crime drama film starring Kim Darby based on James Hadley Chase novel No Orchids for Miss Blandish |
| ILF | What was the pseudonym of the Russian writer, llya Arnoldovich Fainzilberg, whose works include The Little Golden Calf (1931) |
| MARKTWAIN | Pseudonym of the US author of the 1881 historical novel The Prince and the Pauper (4,5) |
| EUSTACHE | ___ Dauger, pseudonym of the unidentified prisoner known as 'The Man in the Iron Mask' |
| JOSHBROLIN | US actor who received an Academy Award nomination for his role in Milk, and whose films include No Country For Old Men, The Goonies, Avengers: Infinity War and True Grit (4,6) |
| SPUR | Part of the sepal of a flower such as aquilegia, honeysuckle, delphinium or orchid for a pollinator's proboscis (4) |
| MCCARTHY | Cormac _, American writer whose novels include No Country For Old Men (8) |
| VALENTINE | Pseudonym of the lyricist and novelist Archibald Thomas Pechey, father of the TV cook Fanny Cradock |
| REBECCAWEST | Pseudonym of the Irish-born British writer Dame Cicely Isabel Fairfield (1892- 1983) |
| ATHOL | South African dramatist whose works include No Good Friday and The Island (5,6) |
| FUGARD | Across South African dramatist whose works include No Good Friday and The Island (5,6) |
| STRANGLERS | The -, punk rock group whose albums include No More Heroes and La Folie (10) |
| PAULMCCARTNEY | English bassist/singer in the Beatles whose solo hits include No More Lonely Nights: 2 wds. |
