| WALTERSCOTT | British author of historical novels and ballads (6,5) |
| SCOTT | British author of historical novels and ballads |
| FRASER | Lady Antonia, British author of historical biography and detective fiction (6) |
| PURPLE | Historical novel and film, The Color - - - (6) |
| PRINTSOFFOXES | Historical novel and Tyrone Power film about vixens in photos? |
| OPPOSITES | Antonyms, like the pairs in the answers to out with it, headbutt, historical novel and cold open |
| SUTCLIFF | Author of historical novels charting the lives of the fictional Aquila family in Roman Britain including The Eagle of the Ninth and The Silver Branch (8) |
| RENAULT | Mary ?, author of historical novels The Mask of Apollo and The King Must Die |
| SETON | Author of historical novels including The Turquoise, Katherine, The Winthrop Woman and Green DarknessA (5) |
| GREGORY | Author of historical novels including Wideacre, The Other Boleyn Girl, The White Queen and Tidelands (7) |
| RUTHRENDELL | British author of detective and thriller novels, some under the pseudonym Barbara Vine (4,7) |
| KNOCKOUTGAS | Incapacitating agent of pulp detective and scifi novels ... and a hint to solving this puzzle's starred clues |
| WAVERLEY | ___ Novels, series of historical novels by Walter Scott published between 1814 and 1832 (8) |
| GRAHAM | Author who wrote the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall including The Black Moon, T |
| MAUGHAM | Paris-born British author of a number of novels including Of Human Bondage, The Moon and Sixpence, The Painted Veil and Cakes and Ale (7) |
| LONGFELLOW | Poet remembered for narratives and ballads including The Wreck of the Hesperus, The Village Blacksmith and his epic The Song of Hiawatha (10) |
| SWINBURNE | Author of Poems and Ballads (9) |
| KINGSLEY | Author of The Water-Babies as well as the children's book on Greek mythology The Heroes and historical novels including Hypatia and Westward Ho! (8) |
| ANYASETON | Author of the historical novels "Dragonwyck" and "Katherine" |
| HEYER | Georgette ---, author of historical romance novels |
