| MELVILLE | Creator of 1-Across |
| DASHIELLHAMMETT | Creator of 1 Across |
| TOLKEIN | JRR ___ (creator of 1 ACROSS) (7) |
| MARKFRANCOIS | Note - dictator is creator of 1/5 |
| SERGEYPROKOFIEV | Material to Ono accepting marketing advice: re-work 5 for creator of 1 (6,9) |
| POE | Creator of one who pondered "Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore" |
| KESEY | Creator of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| AGATHA | First name of the creator of 1 down and 30 across (6) |
| OCTAVIA | Hidden Figures co-star of 1. Across, ...Spencer |
| CAST | Apt anagram of 1- Across |
| ARSON | Fireball cast? Unusual end from creator of 1 down 5? (5) |
| RIOT | With 29-Across, first and second names of 1-Across and 21-Across's new son (his last name is Mayers, 21-Across's last name) |
| ATTICUS | Friend of 1 across - forename of 4 across in "To Kill a Mockingbird" (7) |
| YOUCANT | 10, 16, 18's disavowal of 1 across provides UN agent with naughty cat - miaow! (3,4,3,1,3,4,1,3) |
| BREAKSILENCE | Most of 1 across and most of 26 across can't keep mouth shut (5,7) |
| SHELLEY | Daughter of 1 across, creator of Frankenstein, Mary ....... (7) |
| PILGRIMS | English colonists of Plymouth who shared a feast with 10 Across, originating the custom of 1 Across |
| LOUIS | With 33-Across, artist who is the husband of 1-Across and father of Otto |
| CANDELABRA | Kind of 1 across (correctly 1 acrosses) (10) |
| MAUVE | Colour of the flowers of 1 across (5) |
