| KINGSMITH | Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword-solving author of Country Watch and Pets for Keeps whose book The Sheep-Pig was adapted into the film Babe (4-5) |
| MORSE | Colin Dexter's cryptic crossword solving sleuth portrayed by John Thaw (5) |
| LANDOR | Nineteenth century author of "Country Gold" (6) |
| HELPER | "Telegraph cryptic shakes 'enigmatic' tag" - PA (6) |
| CASTLE | Series about a crime-solving writer |
| WILDE | Author whose book The Happy Prince and Other Tales contains five stories including The Nightingale and the Rose and The Selfish Giant (5) |
| GRAHAME | Author whose book The Wind in the Willows was adapted into Toad of Toad Hall by A. A. Milne and a series featuring the voices of David Jason, Michael Hordern and others (7) |
| YEATS | Poet whose book The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems includes The Song of the Happy Shepherd (5) |
| COLLINS | Author of The Woman in White, No Name and Poor Miss Finch whose book The Moonstone is generally regarded as the first detective novel (7) |
| AMIS | Martin -; author of The Rachel Papers whose book The Rub of Time includes a tribute to his friend Christopher Hitchens (4) |
| ADAMSMITH | Scottish economist and philosopher whose book The Wealth of Nations advocated free trade and private enterprise (4,5) |
| CONROY | Pat, U.S. author whose books The Prince Of Tides and The Great Santini were made into films (6) |
| OVERLORD | This code word for the Normandy invasion in WWII appeared in the Daily Telegraph's crossword puzzle |
| NORTON | Author whose book The Borrowers was adapted into a series with Ian Holm and Penelope Wilton (6) |
| OBAMA | Michelle, former first lady of the U.S. whose book The Light We Carry was published in 2022 (5) |
| UTAH | State: "Everyone can see this article between the ends of The Daily Telegraph" (4) |
| MAUGHAM | Novelist whose book The Painted Veil was adapted into a film starring Edward Norton and Naomi Watts (7) |
| DAHL | Author Roald whose book "The BFG" was made into a 2016 movie |
| BALLANTYNE | R M ___, Scottish author whose book The Coral Island influenced R L Stevenson's Treasure Island |
| PLATH | Sylvia -, poet and novelist whose book The Bell Jar was originally published under her pen name Victoria Lucas (5) |
