| TORME | Co-writer of "The Christmas Song" |
| BLYTON | Author of The Christmas Book, numerous Christmas tales for children and the many classic Famous Five, Malory Towers and Secret Seven adventures (6) |
| MOORE | Clement Clarke ---, author of the Christmas poem A Visit From St Nicholas (5) |
| MELTORME | Composer of "The Christmas Song" |
| CHESTNUTS | First word of The Christmas Song (9) |
| CAROLCHANNELKING | "Hello, Dolly!" actress adopting a large deer / Ruler of the Christmas song TV network? |
| STEVENSPIELBERG | Director and co-writer of the 2023 coming-of-age drama film The Fabelmans (6,9) |
| BUCKHENRY | American actor, screenwriter and director who received Oscar nominations as co-writer of The Graduate and co-director of Heave Can Wait (4,5) |
| EVERLY | Either co-writer of the song "Cathy's Clown" |
| JOHNLENNON | Co-writer of the classic song "Imagine" |
| LUCAS | Creator and co-writer of the Indiana Jones series of adventure films directed by Steven Spielberg (5) |
| MEARA | Co-writer of "The Other Woman": 1983 |
| GUEST | Christopher, director and co-writer of the 2003 film A Mighty Wind (5) |
| DALI | Co-writer of the Surrealist silent film "Un Chien Andalou," 1929 |
| ELTON | Ben ____'s first TV success was as a co-writer of The Young Ones |
| MUIR | Frank -; co-writer of the BBC Radio comedy Take It from Here (4) |
| AGATHA | Forename of the "Queen of Crime" who wrote the story The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and the novel Hercule Poirot's Christmas (6) |
| CRIME | Queen of -; nickname of Agatha Christie, author of Hercule Poirot's Christmas and The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (5) |
| DALAILAMA | With Desmond Tutu, co-author of the 2016 best seller "The Book of Joy" |
| STRUNK | White's co-author of "The Elements of Style" |
