| JOHNGALSWORTHY | Creator of the literary character Soames Forsyte (4,10) |
| LAWRENCE | Creator of the literary character Oliver Mellors (8) |
| WAUGH | Creator of the literary characters William Boot and Sebastian Flyte |
| PARAHANDY | The literary character who is captain of 'The Vital Spark', a fictional Clyde puffer (4,5) |
| INCHAPTERELEVEN | Because of tough economic times, the literary character was ___ |
| STOWE | Surname of the creator of the literary slaves Topsy and Eliza (5) |
| ANNCLEEVES | Creator of the literary detectives Vera Stanhope and Jimmy Perez |
| FLEUR | Daughter of Soames Forsyte in Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga (5) |
| THEFORSYTESAGA | Which Galsworthy novel features Soames and Irene? (3,7,4) |
| ROBINHILL | Site of the house built by Soames Forsyte in A Man of Property |
| PORTER | Actor who starred as Soames Forsyte in 1967 BBC TV drama series The Forsyte Saga (4,6) (see 15A) |
| ERIC | And 17 Actor who starred as Soames Forsyte in 1967 BBC TV drama series The Forsyte Saga (4,6) |
| ERICPORTER | Actor who starred as Soames Forsyte in 1967 BBC TV drama series The Forsyte Saga |
| JOSHUA | Soames Forsyte in The Forsytes (6,5) |
| ORPIN | Soames Forsyte in The Forsytes (6,5) |
| ELITE | The pick of the literary circle (5) |
| EMILE | Zola of the literary school of naturalism |
| SCI | The "S" of the literary genre "SF": Abbr. |
| RHETORIC | Art of the literary use of language (8) |
| MAN | The ___ Booker Prize is one of the literary world's most prestigious awards. (3) |
