| TITLE | Designation of a nom de plume |
| PSEUDONYM | An assumed name of a nom de plume |
| NAME | Undercover author: A writer who craves anonymity uses a "nom de plume" (also known as a pen ___) |
| PLAIDY | Jean, a nom de plume of Eleanor Hibbert (6) |
| OUTOFAFRICA | Memoir by Isak Dinesen, a nom de plume of Danish author Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke |
| PENNAME | Biro or Waterman, maybe, as a nom de plume |
| ALAS | Sadly, one entered with a nom de plume (4) |
| ALIAS | Also known as a nom de plume |
| TWAIN | Mark this couple as a nom-de-plume (5) |
| ENGLISH | ___ rose; designation of a flower bred by David Austin such as Wollerton Old Hall, Gertrude Jekyll or A Shropshire Lad (7) |
| FOURALARM | Designation of a serious fire |
| BETA | Greek letter designation of a software test phase |
| EBOAT | Allied designation of a German torpedo craft such as Schnellboot S130, once the fastest vessel in the world (1-4) |
| EAE | Those women, a nom. demon. pronoun |
| BRUT | Sweetness designation of dry sparkling wines indicating a sugar content of less than 12 grams per litre (4) |
| STILTON | European cheese with a Protected Designation of Origin |
| BRER | Designation of rabbit one released from patch of thorns (4) |
| OCTOBER | Commander has to be right - gets a designation of 10 |
| ANCIENTOFDAYS | Designation of God, as in the Book of Daniel (7,2,4) |
| TRATTORIA | Designation of Italian eatery, generally less formal than a ristorante but more so than an osteria (9) |
