| SETDOWN | Deposited and wrote account. (3,4) |
| DERRIDA | Exponent of deconstructionism who taught philosophy at the Sorbonne and wrote Of Grammatology and Writing and Difference (7) |
| COBBETT | William ___, English journalist and social reformer who founded The Political Register and wrote Rural Rides |
| MARRYAT | Naval officer who developed a code of maritime flag signalling and wrote The Children of the New Forest and a number of sea stories (7) |
| TOLSTOY | Who left university without a degree and wrote the masterpiece War and Peace (1869)? (7) |
| GALLANT | She lived and wrote in Paris: Mavis ___ (1922-2014) |
| NOTATED | Academic set up outside gallery and wrote music (7) |
| MADEOUT | Dismissed and wrote a cheque for (4,3) |
| NOTICED | Observed and wrote down "Held in charge" (7) |
| WALPOLE | Son of the first British prime minister who built Strawberry Hill House and wrote The Castle of Otra |
| LESSING | Which novelist was born in Iran, raised in Rhodesia and wrote The Golden Notebook (1962)? (7) |
| DISCREDITED | An early dismissal is deposited and brought into disrepute |
| SEDIMENTARY | Rocks formed from deposited and lithified mineral material (11) |
| ACQUIT | Where money's deposited and left free of charge (6) |
| STIGMA | Part of a plant where pollen is deposited and germinates |
| BENELTON | British comic, writer and director who co-wrote Blackadder and wrote We Will Rock You (3,5) |
| JEKYLL | Arts and Crafts landscape architect and plantswoman who lived at Munstead Wood, collaborated with Edwin Lutyens and wrote Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden (6) |
| RAMSAY | Wig-maker and poet who founded Britain's first circulating library and wrote the The Gentle Shepherd and compilation of Scots songs The Tea- Table Miscellany (6) |
| BRECHT | German playwright and poet, 1898-1956, who co-wrote The Threepenny Opera and wrote The Caucasian Chalk Circle (6) |
| EDWARDLEAR | Author and poet who popularised limericks and wrote The Owl and The Pussycat (6,4) |
