| STRIKE | Cormoran, detective created by writer J.K. Rowling under the alias Robert Galbraith (6) |
| KATHLEEN | Author J.K. Rowling's chosen middle name (8) |
| RAISIN | Agatha, PR agent turned detective created by writer M. C. Beaton (6) |
| STANHOPE | Vera, detective created by writer Ann Cleeves and played on TV by Brenda Blethyn (8) |
| LORDPETERWIMSEY | Gentleman detective created by writer Dorothy L. Sayers (4,5,6) |
| ELLERY | ******* Queen, amateur detective created by writers Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee (6) |
| ELVISH | A group of languages of Middle-earth created by fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien (6) |
| FRANNY | ____ and Zooey, book by U.S. author J.D. Salinger published in 1961 (6) |
| ASSAIL | Attack the alias San tribesman holds back (6) |
| ROWLING | J. K. -; author who wrote the Cormoran Strike novels under the pen name Robert Galbraith (7) |
| SILKWORM | The ___ 2014 crime fiction novel by J.K. Rowling published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith |
| CAREEROF | ___ Evil 2015 crime fiction novel by J.K. Rowling published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith: 2 wds. |
| GANDHI | The tips from Galbraith: one for civil rights leader |
| CORMORANSTRIKE | Robert Galbraith, aka J K Rowling, created him (8,6) |
| FRODO | Character in Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings who travelled under the alias of Mr Underhill (5) |
| BAGGINS | Character in Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings who travelled under the alias of Mr Underhill (7) |
| MIKEHAMMER | Fictional private detective created by author Mickey Spillane (4,6) |
| SUGA | BTS member who released the solo album "D-Day" under the alias Agust D |
| GALBRAITH | Robert -; pen name under which J. K. Rowling wrote the Cormoran Strike series of novels including The Cuckoo's Calling (9) |
| RAWLING | J.K. ---, author of 2018 novel Lethal White under pseudonym Robert Galbraith (7) |
