| BUKOWSKI | Charles ?, author of the novels Ham on Rye and Post Office (8) |
| KINGSLEY | Charles, author of the 1863 children's book The Water Babies (8) |
| SALINGER | J. D. -; author of The Catcher in the Rye and a collection of stories that includes A Perfect Day for Bananafish and Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut (8) |
| SMALLPOX | Disheartened male or female going round shops and post office, appearing rash? (8) |
| SALCOMBE | Town in the South Hams on the Kingsbridge Estuary (8) |
| MAILDROP | Doctor put on protective clothing pre-operation and post-delivery |
| DARWIN | Charles ?, author of 1859 scientific work On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (6) |
| ZUBROWKA | A dry Polish vodka that is distilled from rye and flavoured with a tincture of bison grass |
| EVERYONE | Girl on rye concoction means all of us (8) |
| READE | Charles ?, author of 1861 novel The Cloister and the Hearth (5) |
| PASTRAMI | Spicy, smoked beef sliced and served hot on rye bread, used to make a popular New York deli sandwich (8) |
| SENDDOWN | Incarcerate - and post him some feathers? (4,4) |
| LAMB | Charles ?, author of the 1823 collection Essays of Elia (4) |
| STROSS | Charles ?, author of novels Glasshouse and Halting State (6) |
| MUSEEDORSAY | Museum in Paris on the bank of the Seine that houses the largest collection of impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world: 2 wds. |
| ERGOT | Group of fungi such as that which grows on rye and related plants |
| DICKENS | Charles, author of the novel Hard Times (7) |
| WORKSOP | Factory and post office moving to West Midlands town |
| POSTCARDS | Dream pop and post-punk Lebanese band that released the album I'll Be Here in the Morning in 2018 and the EPs Lakehouse, What Lies So Still, and Here Before. (9) |
| LAALAA | Friend of Tinky Winky, Dipsy, and Po on "Teletubbies": Hyph. |
