| HOOPOE | Bird house originally opened by American writer |
| AUSTERE | Bleak House's climax adopted by American writer |
| MYANTONIA | A 1918 novel by American writer Willa Cather, set in the American West (2,7) |
| ONTHE | 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac based on trips taken by the author and his friends (2,3,4) |
| ROAD | 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac based on trips taken by the author and his friends (2,3,4) |
| ROYALALBERTDOCK | Waterfront area in Liverpool created by architect Jesse Hartley that originally opened in 1846 (5,6,4) |
| TWAIN | I want novel by American writer (5) |
| POETRY | Attempt by American writer to produce verse |
| WRATH | The Grapes Of ---, novel by American writer John Steinbeck (5) |
| OPPOSITE | Work by American writer about model is different (8) |
| MAILORDER | Old way adopted by American writer in selling approach |
| STYLUS | Introduction of letter written in pen by American writer (6) |
| POTAGE | Soup label described by American writer (6) |
| THEBELLJAR | Only novel by American writer/poet Sylvia Plath (3,4,3) |
| THREELIVES | First published book by American writer Gertrude Stein (5,5) |
| SHOVELLER | Bird house that's very small kept by trader |
| DOVECOT | Bird-house firm possessed by the same animal specialist |
| REEDBUNTING | Bird house ultimately surrounded by colourful flags |
| COLETTE | French writer allowed into bird house (7) |
| EVITA | Broadway hit that originally opened in London in 1978 |
