| 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) |
| 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) |
| BRYSON | Bill, British-U.S. writer noted for books on travel and the English language (6) |
| 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) |
| CARTLAND | Barbara, British romantic novelist noted for her prolific output (8) |
| 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) |
| ULLMAN | Tracey, British-U.S. comedienne on whose show The Simpsons debuted in 1987 (6) |
| EMILY | ___ Blunt, British-U.S. actress who starred in the 2015 crime film Sicario (5) |
| RUMOURS | Album by British-U.S. rock band Fleetwood Mac released in 1977 (7) |
| HEBATES | English novelist noted for works including Love for Lydia (1952) and The Darling Buds of May (1958) (1,1,5) |
| FOWLES | Metafictional novelist noted for his literary mind games set in Greece (The Magus) and in Lyme Regis (The French Lieutenant's Woman) (6) |
| STRINDBERG | Swedish dramatist and novelist noted for The Red Room and A Dream Play (10) |
