| MAGORIAN | Children's author noted for Goodnight Mister Tom and Just Henry (8) |
| ASOUR | "God befriend us ___ cause is just": "Henry IV Part 1" |
| ETHICAL | Just Henry in charge, with others all around (7) |
| MICHELLE | Author of the 1981 children's novel Goodnight Mister Tom, _ Magorian (8) |
| THAW | Actor in Inspector Morse, A Year in Provence and television film Goodnight Mister Tom (4) |
| HUGHES | Shirley, children's author noted for her Alfie and Annie Rose series (6) |
| FIELDING | Henry, English author noted for the novel Tom Jones (8) |
| MCCARTHY | Cormac ___, author noted for novels The Road and No Country For Old Men (8) |
| KINGSMITH | Dick ___, children's author noted for his book The Sheep-Pig, later adapted for the film Babe (4,5) |
| DEARY | Terry, British children's author noted for the Horrible Histories series (5) |
| COWELL | Cressida ___, children's author noted for her book series How to Train Your Dragon |
| SILLITOE | Author noted for Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (8 |
| JHABVALA | Ruth Prawer, German-born U.S. author noted for her novel Heat And Dust (8) |
| RABELAIS | Francois, French author noted for his comic work Gargantua and Pantagruel (8) |
| VIRGINIA | ____ McKenna, actress and author noted for her work with the Born Free Foundation (8) |
| VONNEGUT | Author noted for Slaughterhouse Five, his 1969 novel containing the refrain And So It Goes (8) |
| MATHESON | Richard, U.S. fantasy and horror author noted for his 1954 novel I Am Legend (8) |
| EVARISTO | Bernardine, British author noted for her 2019 novel Girl, Woman, Other (8) |
| KINSELLA | Sophie, English author noted for her Shopaholic series (8) |
| GABALDON | Diana, U.S. author noted for her Outlander series of novels (8) |
