| ISHERWOOD | Christopher, British-U.S. novelist noted for Goodbye To Berlin (9) |
| GRISHAM | John, U.S. novelist noted for his legal thrillers (7) |
| DUMAURIER | Novelist noted for her tales set on the Cornish coast, including Frenchman's Creek, Jamaica Inn, My Cousin Rachel and Rebecca (2,7) |
| ECCLESTON | Christopher ---, British actor who played the ninth incarnation of Doctor Who (9) |
| ALLIGATOR | Born in the US, moved to Berlin, admired by Hitler, bombed by the Allies, rescued by the British, moved to Moscow, died there in 2020, aged 84. What animal was Saturn? (9) |
| STEINBECK | John, U.S. novelist who wrote The Grapes of Wrath (9) |
| MARKTWAIN | U. S. novelist and humorist (4,5) |
| TOMCLANCY | U.S. novelist who created Jack Ryan (3,6) |
| AIRLIFTER | How much came to Berlin from stolen melody? (9) |
| LUFTHANSA | Line to Berlin |
| BRYSON | Bill, British-U.S. writer noted for books on travel and the English language (6) |
| BOWLES | Sally, character in Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye To Berlin (6) |
| IAMACAMERA | 1951 play by John Van Druten adapted from Christopher Isherwood's novel Goodbye to Berlin |
| CABARET | Bob Fosse musical based on Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye To Berlin (7) |
| VIDAL | Gore, U.S. essayist and novelist noted for his Narratives Of Empire book series (5) |
| BILLBRYSON | British-U.S. non-fiction writer whose books include 2019's The Body: A Guide For Occupants (4,6) |
| SALLYBOWLES | Main female in Isherwood's 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin (5,6) |
| JACOBEPSTEIN | British-U.S. sculptor of the work St Michael's Victory Over The Devil At Coventry Cathedral (5,7) |
| RONSON | Mark, British-U.S. musician, DJ and songwriter who produced Amy Winehouse's song Rehab (6) |
| FONTAINE | Joan, British-U.S. actress who won an Oscar for her role in the 1941 Hitchcock film Suspicion (8) |
